despite popular political "myth," it's the Republican Party that's the "party of civil rights. That Republicans have let Democrats get away with this mountebankery is a symptom of their political ...

the party of civil rights” (“Democrats Haven’t Turned Back From 1968,” op-ed, Oct. 19). Last I looked, Lincoln was a Republican and those fighting for Eisenhower’s civil-rights ...

As the party shifted, the Democratic mainstream embraced its new role. Republicans, meanwhile, also changed. In the wake of Democratic President Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act ...