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Who are those guys? Look like some British rockers from the '70's.

And how many stayed segregationists in the Democratic Party?

I think the OP posted about Burgess because he was an outstanding football alum who has made his mark in other pursuits. I don't think the OP was pursuing a political agenda necessarily. It's interesting to see what our former athletes are doing (other than arrests, etc ) It's been depressing...

I actually vote for both Democrats and Republicans here in Maryland. I make decisions based on a number of factors, not party alone.

Some claim Dr. MLK was a registered Republican but I don't know if that's true. In the South, he would have been surrounded by segregationist White Democrats. (not all, but most.)

The Civil Rights legislation had support from the more liberal Democrats as well, I believe. But there was a lot of resistance from southern Democrats. Didn't Democrat LBJ sign it?

Historically, the Democratic Party was the party of Jim Crow, segregation, the Solid (racist) South and the KKK. When Joe Biden said he worked across the aisle with Talmadge and Eastland the other day, some dumb anchor on CNN or MSNBC described him as working with Republicans. Well, the...

I doubt that. I believe Burgess truly belives in his philosophy. He is very conservative and listens to his own drummer. I believe he became a Mormon. Each to his own.