Republican National Convention Quotes



Robinson who was a Republican from New York was, like the other Negro Republican delegates , when they were cursed, shoved, threatened and spat on. The Southern delegates were part of a general Southern backlash as a result of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.


New York is overwhelmingly Democratic and yet the city bid for the convention. Having won, the city tried to make the reception as hospitable as possible.