"It was Republicans who pushed through civil rights legislation which democrats tried to block."

That was more than 50 years ago. What civil rights efforts have they done lately? Heck, they can't even follow the advice they got with the autopsy they did after Mitt lost. Instead, they nominated the original birther, Trump. How is that minority out reach going? BTW, the current Republicans gutted the Voting Rights Act. They are doing their best to deny voting rights for minorities.