Posted on 02/14/2012 11:01:56 PM PST by cap10mike
February may be our shortest month, but it’s filled with notable events. This month, we celebrate Groundhog Day, Chinese New Year and Washington’s Birthday. We also commemorate President’s Day as well as every lover’s favorite, Valentine’s Day. February has also been reserved as Black History Month. After doing just a little digging, I was struck by the significant role the Republican Party played in not only emancipating slaves in the antebellum South, but also in accepting and elevating them into American society. I was also amazed by how often the Democratic Party thwarted the GOP’s efforts.
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>> I’m amazed by the number of long-standing, active Republicans who are totally ignorant of their party’s history as it relates to Blacks.
Blacks voted Republican steadfastly up to the period of the assassination of McKinley and the party’s takeover by Teddy Roosevelt. I wonder what happened? Not many Republicans helping to register voters in the 1950’s or marching with Martin Luther King. Not many contemporary Republicans copping to their party’s “progressive” anti oligarchical history.
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