There is a lot more at the site if you want to know "the rest of the story".

This is one of my favorite articles.

And then the Republicans shifted to the Southern strategy and instead started exploiting racial tensions (those are the words of George W. Bush's campaign manager, by the way, not my characterization) instead of working to ease them.

Yes, the Republican party was at one time the party of anti-slavery and civil rights. That has not been the case for many years now, however.

Lexica, you should read the whole article right to the end.