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Kate is as lost as Hillary. The reason the Democratic Party and LBJ even thought about the civil rights bill was because black people pushed them to recognize it.
The March on Washington, Fannie Lue Hamer, and the voting registration of blacks througout through out the south forced the hands of politicians like LBJ. He was only able to so call "slam through" the civil rights bill because the black power movement in the 60's were boycotting,threatning to riot,and use their voting power.
Hillary did try to down play the role of what the civil rights movement and Dr. King did to get LBJ to move. He would have never did anything if his hand was not forced.
