Why did the two political parties trade sides after the Civil Rights era?

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@HoneyBadgerDC

Since when do republican not believe in racial equality. The liberals are the racists here. They don’t feel the blacks are capable of moving up.

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@Wesley_Clark

Yeah but in modern times, virtually all liberals are democrats. Were liberals split between the two parties before the civil rights era, or were they almost all democrats even in the 1930s, 40s and 50s?

I admit liberals were probably the ones calling for civil rights, but weren’t liberals in both parties? The republican party supported civil rights too.

Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Wikipedia

Reread my first post. Both parties had a liberal wing. Both parties supported the Civil Rights Act. As a total entity, the Democrats became more identified with civil rights starting in the 1930s because of northern Democrats and Eleanor Roosevelt active advocacy but both parties had a faction in support until after Nixon. Who is saying otherwise?