Quote Originally Posted by HarveyWallbangers
Umm... they supported it by a far greater margin than Democrats.
Right, because of Democrats in the South. (And the South by and large is Republicans now largely because of such legislation.)

The Conservative wing of the Republican Party was against civil rights in the 60's. Do you dispute this?

Conservatives of both parties fought civil rights. Who cares if conseratives were in the DEm party in the 60's.