“It would be much better for everyone if the black vote was 'in play' and both major parties had to compete for it. As virtual captives of the Democrats since 1936, blacks have ended up being taken for granted by them and mostly ignored by Republicans.”
Source: 2000s, Wrong on Race: The Democratic Party's Buried Past (2008), p. xiv
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Gerard Jackson, "The Party of Lincoln vs. the Democrats' hate machine" http://brookesnews.com/080906dems.html (9 June 2008), BrookesNews.
Source: 2000s, Wrong on Race: The Democratic Party's Buried Past (2008), p. xiii

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