Posted on 07/23/2010 10:57:05 AM PDT by FactReal
| U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FIRST BLACKS WERE ALL REPUBLICANS Republicans - the racists? In 1868, Republicans elected the first black person to represent them in Congress. There were no black Democrats in Congress until 1935. For almost seven decades Republicans were the ONLY ONES electing blacks to Congress. Here are the historical facts: |
| John Willis Menard (1838-1893); Republican - Louisiana; Term: 1868 | |
Joseph Rainey (1832-1887); Republican - South Carolina; Term:1870-1879 | |
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| Jefferson F. Long (1836-1901); Republican – Georgia; Term: 1870-1871 | |
Robert C. De Large (1842-1874); Republican - South Carolina; Term: 1871-1873 | |
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| Robert B. Elliott (1842-1884); Republican - South Carolina; Term: 1871-1874 | |
Benjamin S. Turner (1825-1894); Republican – Alabama; Term: 1871-1873 | |
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That’s nothing to brag about. The Republican party of that era was more radical than the democrat party today. Those men were not elected in most cases. They were appointed by carpet baggers to punish southern whites.
And the KKK was the terrorist wing of the democrat party.
And it was the progressive movement which aligned itself with the democrats and the KKK with progressive Woodrow Wilson denouncing the Founders in his book and also showing KKK films in the White House. Progressive icon FDR appointed KKK lawyer Hugo Black to the Supreme Court and of course locked up an entire race.
And to this day the democrat with the most appointments (promotions) and most celebrated (called the conscience of the Senate) by his fellow democrats was KKK recruiter Robert Byrd.
Of course they were.
The Democrat party was the Party of Slavery at its founding two centuries ago and remains the Party of Slavery today.
"Back then", they used persons of African ancestry to convert cotton seeds to cotton bales on the Southern plantaions; today they use persons of African ancestry to convert (other peoples) dollars to votes on the Urban plantations.
David Barton has a book, “American History in Black and White” that should be on everyone’s reading list. I’ve been buying copies on Amazon.com and giving them to every gang banger and socialist that I engage in conversation here in Charlotte, NC.. So far they have been amazed to learn that the Democratic party has always been the party of slavery.
So fighting for equal rights to representation for all was radical? The democrats today still do not believe in this ideal but instead want a system whereas socialism trumps individual liberty.
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No black was elected to congress by popular vote until Ed Brooke of Massachusetts. A republican. 1972?
Back before the 17th amendment no Senator was voted in, they were all, black and white, appointed by state legislators.
Radical how?
Book recommendation Ping
Thanks but no thanks.
What are you, a Grand Wizard?
Well, Powell, on the left, was a Democrat, though he supported Eisenhower*. King, though is the most famous Republican ever, possibly more famous than Reagan.
*The beginning of endless “investigations” and the like from his Party friends.
Powell[d] MLK[r] ??
How did the Democrat party gain the trust and monopoly of the black people when it was the R party of Lincoln etc. to bring an end to slavery per say...
Amen. I am reading that book right now. 137 pages with 495 references. The most surprising stat that I read was that between 1882-1964, 4,743 people were lynched. 3,446 blacks, and 1,297 whites (Republicans).
FDR and the beginning of the entitlement programs.
Handouts and allowing “communities” to have their own leaders independent of the main Party. Independent to the point where a gang or two could run a big chunk of a city.
So offers of money and power to a connected few, I’d say.
Pretty much what I said in 19, yes I agree.
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