Several people have retweeted this 2018 series of tweets from Kevin M. Kruse today. Kruse is an American historian. Here’s a link to his series of tweets, followed by a link to few postings of others who have retweeted Kruse’s series of two-year-old tweets recently.
Since @kanyewest's tweets have apparently made this topic unavoidable, some thoughts on the history of the parties' switch on civil rights.
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) May 1, 2018
This long series of tweets on the history of party shifts on civil rights is well worth reading.
And here’s a link to the two people who reposted Kruse’s historical thread today.
The willful ignorance of people and the choice to ignore history you can actually read about baffles me. https://t.co/XIE8PbCcjv
— Bill Prady (@billprady) November 21, 2020
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