Philadelphia's newest monument

GromsDad

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http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/09/25/catto-memorial-city-hall/

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Catto was murdered near 8th and South Streets as he walked home. His killer was Frank Kelly, a white man who was a political operative working for the Democratic party. At the time, African-American men had won the right to vote thanks to the 15th Amendment, which passed in 1869, and their loyalty was to Republicans, the party of Abraham Lincoln.
 

Clayster

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StuAzole said:
CharmingSophisticate said:
manbearpig said:
Gromsdad you're so silly.
Yet correct.
LOL, back to the 1800's we gooooo!
The democratic party in the south, the dixiecrats, were the architects of jim crow laws, segregation, etc. Republicans gained virtually no foothold ih the south until the 1970's.
 

BSshwack

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Clayster said:
StuAzole said:
CharmingSophisticate said:
manbearpig said:
Gromsdad you're so silly.
Yet correct.
LOL, back to the 1800's we gooooo!
The democratic party in the south, the dixiecrats, were the architects of jim crow laws, segregation, etc. Republicans gained virtually no foothold ih the south until the 1970's.
What changed in the 1970s?
 

StuAzole

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Clayster said:
StuAzole said:
CharmingSophisticate said:
manbearpig said:
Gromsdad you're so silly.
Yet correct.
LOL, back to the 1800's we gooooo!
The democratic party in the south, the dixiecrats, were the architects of jim crow laws, segregation, etc. Republicans gained virtually no foothold ih the south until the 1970's.
That's super. Tell me how much gas cost in 1900. That's also totally relevant today.