"THE DEMOCRATS, ON THE OTHER HAND, WERE THE PARTY OF JIM CROW. IT WAS DEMOCRATS WHO DEFENDED THE RIGHTS OF SLAVE OWNERS," GUILLORY SAID. "IT WAS THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER WHO CHAMPIONED THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957, BUT IT WAS THE DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE WHO FILIBUSTERED THE BILL."