I was listening to NPR and they interviewed an American History professor from American University and he mentioned how the Republican party was going down the path or early 19th century Democrats. Saying that Democrats at the time believed black people were lesser and they were the ones who wanted segregation and Jim Crow laws. He made it seem like they were the only ones that wanted it, though I was always thought that was a value that was held not based on party ties.

I'm from the south. Just seemed like we were mainly red states. And I know we had a history from segregation so what he said seems contrary to what I know of local history. Granted, I know very little.