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Podcast: The WallBuilders Show
Episode: The Truth Behind Political Parties and Civil Rights
Description: ResourcesSetting the Record Straight: American History in Black and WhiteThe tangled relationship between race and politics in America contains shocking truths that have been systematically erased from our collective memory. When Texas Democrats recently fled the state to break quorum on redistricting legislation, they unknowingly echoed tactics used by their political ancestors in the 1870s—though the historical context reveals a dramatically different motivation.Did you know the Republican Party of Texas was founded on July 4, 1867, by 150 Black Americans and only 20 white Americans? Or that census records from the 1870s documented ju...