Neither true nor false; more like "gross and loaded oversimplification." In the 1960s it was mainly the Democratic Party that got rid of the Jim Crow laws. Ever heard of LBJ, Hubert Humphrey, Martin Luther King, etc.? They were Democrats.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.