The African American Political Party Flip

My paper discusses the African American political party flip during the 1930s-1960s. Throughout my research, I found that there were many factors in the African American political party flip which began in the 1930s and continued into the 1960s. After analyzing the origin of the Democratic and Republican parties, I found that the latter supported freeing slaves during the 1800s. I will discuss how presidents Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson each handled Civil Rights during their times in office, and how this impacted the African American vote. Each president saw the power of African American voters, and knew that if they catered to African Americans, they could get more votes. Also, the Democratic Party built rapport with African Americans by further supporting Civil Rights with each presidency. The presentation will discuss how political and moral motives resulted the African American political party flip.