And why should have the African Americans voted any differently? 1932-45: Franklin Roosevelt essentially adopts most of the old Progressive platform and in June 1941, Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802, which created the Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC). It was the most important federal move in support of the rights of African-Americans. FDR, with the help of Eleanor, prohibited the discrimination by any government agency, including the armed forces and it immediately created better paying jobs for African Americans. This was progression for African Americans and by 1940 the African-American vote had largely shifted from Republican to Democrat. However, FDR's EO was not law so another Democrat, JFK, created EO 10925 which is better known as affirmative action which made it law. Then in 1964 Lyndon Johnson makes the divorce with southern whites official by making the Civil Rights part of the Democratic platform and passed the historic 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 Voting Rights Act. The republicans lose basically all of what was left of their black constituencies - which had been a significant part of their remaining progressive vote in northern urban areas. While the democrats gained significant grounds in the northern urban areas they started to hemorrhage southern whites rapidly which would inevitably turn the Southern states Republican. Then Carter comes along and tries close the wealth gap between whites and people of color. He developed initiatives to give minority-owned businesses a boost. “These programs focused primarily on increasing the government’s procurement of goods and services from minority business, as well as through requirements for procurement by federal contractors from minority firms, the CRDTCA. The government also maintained a program to help minority-owned exporters gain footholds in foreign markets. This was never done before. President Clinton signed the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century into law on June 9, 1998. The Act protects the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program, a program that ensures that minority and women-owned businesses have an opportunity to compete for transportation projects.
Republicans (conservatives) during that time span? Ha........Even in the late 1980's Reagan did not support many civil rights bills throughout the years. He opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. ... In 1988 he vetoed the Civil Rights Restoration Act, but his veto was overridden by Congress. G.H Bush did nothing, however G.W. did create a Federal ban on racial profiling. At least he did something.....
"The Conservative idea of doing things for people is to create an environment where they can succeed" Since 1930? You mean "white people" succeed.....And you wonder why African Americans vote Democrat? Know your history!