What? Blacks were almost entirely Republican during Reconstruction and after the Civil War, because the Republican party was essentially founded to end slavery and promote equal civil rights. It wasn't really until the 60's when LBJ managed to really swing them over to the Democrat side by biting the bullet and signing the Second Civil Rights Act (His famous, "we'll have those n*****s voting Democrat for the next hundred years"[paraphrased] quote comes to mind...dude was an a**hole).