Considering that since Lincoln the GOP has claimed the title of being the conservative party, and that the 1866(Civil Rights Act) 1957(Civil Rights Act) 60'(Civil Rights Act), 63'(Equal Pay Act), 64'(CRA), and 65'(Voting Rights Act, which had an extension signed by Ronald Reagan** were all passed with overwhelming Republican support and Democrat opposition. Just like the 13th Amendment, the 14th Amendment, the Enforcement Act(Repealed by Democrats), and had the Susan B. Anthony bill blocked by Dems(just like when Dems filibustered a 1922 bill to make lynching illegal). This is a nonsensical view.
**Who also established MLK Day, promoted the first black 4-star Army General ***, and First black NatSec advisor****, who also had hundreds of million of dollars allocated to fund research to fight AIDS during his administration, along with HW's. The same HW that signed the ADA, which makes employer discrimination towards people with AIDS illegal.
***Ford promoted the first Air Force 4-star.
****First black female NatSec goes to Dubya(with Robert Byrd(Democrat darling, and Klansman.) stalling the confirmation, and remember: at this point we are in the 21st century(but they flipped! Southern Strategy!) ), along with first and second black Secretary of State.
While on the topic of firsts, the first black House Rep, the first black Senator, and Governor were all GOP.
There were no black Federal Legislators for the Dems until 1935.