Open Letter from African Americans to the Democratic Party

Email from the author | 6/3/04 | Frances Rice

[JulieRNR21]

An Open Letter to the Democratic Party

By Frances Rice

We, African American citizens of the United States, declare and assert:

Whereas in the early 1600’s 20 African men and women were landed in Virginia from a Dutch ship as slaves and from that tiny seed grew the poisoned fruit of plantation slavery which shaped the course of American development,

Whereas reconciliation and healing always begin with an apology and an effort to repay those who have been wronged,

Whereas the Democratic Party has never apologized for their horrific atrocities and racist practices committed against African Americans during the past two hundred years, nor for the residual impact that those atrocities and practices and current soft bigotry of low expectations are having on us today,

Whereas the Democratic Party fought to expand slavery and, after the Civil War, established Jim Crow Laws, Black Codes and other repressive legislation that were designed to disenfranchise African Americans,

Whereas the Ku Klux Klan was the terrorist arm of the Democratic Party, and their primary goal was to intimidate and terrorize African American voters, Republicans who moved South to protect African Americans and any other whites who supported them,

Whereas, according to leading historians (both black and white), the horrific atrocities committed against African Americans during slavery and Reconstruction were financed, sponsored, and promoted by the Democratic Party and their Ku Klux Klan supporters,

Whereas from 1870 to 1930, in an effort to deny African Americans their civil rights and to keep African Americans from voting Republican, thousands of African Americans were shot, beaten, lynched, mutilated, and burned to death by Ku Klux Klan terrorists from the Democratic Party,

Whereas Democratic Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman rejected anti-lynching laws and efforts to establish a permanent Civil Rights Commission,

Whereas the Democratic party has used racist demagoguery to deceive African Americans about the history of the Republican Party that: (a) started as the anti-slavery party in 1854, (b) fought to free African Americans from slavery, (c) designed Reconstruction, a ten-year period of unprecedented political power for African Americans, (d) passed the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution granting African Americans freedom, citizenship, and the right to vote, (e) passed the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1875 granting African Americans protection from the Black Codes and prohibiting racial discrimination in public accommodations, (f) passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965 granting African Americans protection from the Jim Crow laws, (g) established Affirmative Action programs to help African Americans proper with Republican President Richard Nixon's 1969 Philadelphia Plan that set the first goals and timetables and his 1972 Equal Employment Opportunity Act that made Affirmative Action Programs the law of our nation, and (h) never sponsored or launched a program, passed laws, or engaged in practices that resulted in the death of millions of African Americans,

Whereas Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka (a 1954 decision by Chief Justice Earl Warren who was appointed by Republican President Dwight Eisenhower) was a landmark civil rights case that was designed to overturn the racist practices that were established by the Democratic Party,

Whereas after Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt received the vote of African Americans, he banned African American newspapers from the military shortly after taking office because he was convinced the newspapers were communists,

Whereas Democratic President John F. Kennedy voted against the 1957 Civil Rights Law, opposed the 1963 March on Washington by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and was later criticized by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for ignoring civil rights issues.

Whereas Democratic President John F. Kennedy authorized the FBI (supervised by his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy) to investigate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on suspicion of being a communist,

Whereas Democratic Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan, made a 14-hour filibuster speech in the Senate in June 1964 in an unsuccessful effort to block passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and was heralded in April 2004 by Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd as a senator who would have been a great leader during the Civil War,

Whereas when the 1964 Civil Rights Act came up for vote, Senator Al Gore, Sr. and the rest of the Southern Democrats voted against the bill,

Whereas in the House of Representatives only 61 percent of the Democrats voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act as compared to 80 percent of Republicans, and in the Senate only 69 percent of the Democrats voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act, compared to 82 percent of the Republicans,

Whereas Democratic President Bill Clinton sent troops to Europe to protect the citizens of Bosnia and Kosovo while allowing an estimated 800,000 black Rwandans to be massacred in Africa, vetoed the welfare reform law twice before signing it, and refused to comply with a court order to have shipping companies develop an Affirmative Action Plan,

Whereas Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore created harmful racial division when he falsely claimed that the 2000 presidential election was “stolen” from him and that African Americans in Florida were disenfranchised, even though a second recount of Florida votes by the “Miami Herald” and a consortium of major news organizations confirmed that he lost the election, and a ruling by the U.S. Civil Rights Commission declared that African Americans were not denied the right to vote,

Whereas the Democratic Party's soft bigotry of low expectations and social promotions have consigned African Americans to economic bondage and created a culture of dependency on government social programs,

Whereas the Democratic Party's use of deception and fear to block welfare reform, the faith-based initiative and school choice that would help African Americans prosper is consistent with the Democratic Party's heritage of racism that included sanctioning of slavery and kukluxery, a perversion of moral sentiment among leaders of the Democratic Party whose racist legacy bode ill until this generation of African Americans,

Now, therefore, for the above and other documented atrocities and accumulated wrongs inflicted upon African Americans, we demand a formal written apology and other appropriate remuneration from the leadership of the Democratic party.

[JulieRNR21]

Thanks....you are right about persistence!

[Smartass]

JulieRNR21, requests a read...

[JulieRNR21]

Please do a mega ping of your FR Friends......Thanks, Julie

[JulieRNR21]

Email from the author:

Julie,

I was very impressed with the comments that have been posted about the open letter and am pleased to have a chance to help reveal the truth about how the Democratic Party has harmed African Americans.

Additional information can be obtained from the book entitled "Unfounded Loyalty" by Dr. Wayne Perryman. He has launched a publicity campaign that includes demanding an apology from the Democratic Party. I sent him a copy of my open letter, and he is sending it on by e-mail to all of his contacts.

Regards,

Frances

[Straight Vermonter]

BTTT

[JulieRNR21]

Additional information can be obtained from the book entitled.......

"Unfounded Loyalty" by Dr. Wayne Perryman.


http://wayneperryman.com/

[GOPJ]

A little truth can go a long way. Great post:

Whereas Democratic Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan, made a 14-hour filibuster speech in the Senate in June 1964 in an unsuccessful effort to block passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and was heralded in April 2004 by Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd as a senator who would have been a great leader during the Civil War,

Whereas when the 1964 Civil Rights Act came up for vote, Senator Al Gore, Sr. and the rest of the Southern Democrats voted against the bill,

Whereas in the House of Representatives only 61 percent of the Democrats voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act as compared to 80 percent of Republicans, and in the Senate only 69 percent of the Democrats voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act, compared to 82 percent of the Republicans,

[Chu Gary]

"Newspapers can be communists?"


I live part of the year in Vietnam. The local papers are owned by the government. Everything that is included as "news" is propaganda with liberal reliance on Reuters and AFP (French), all adamantly opposed to the US. Yes, newspapers can be communists (mouthpieces) - just consider USA Today.

[Chu Gary]

"The article has been printed in a local newspaper owned by Black business men in Sarasota Fl."


What's the name of that paper, please? I'd like to call to see if I can subscribe.

[JulieRNR21]

I believe it is called 'Tempo'....I'll check and get back to you tomorrow.

[JulieRNR21]

Found it quickly:

Tempo News
Lucille Hunter..........................941/359-1065
3006 Goodrich Ave.
Sarasota, FL 34234
Fax: 941/351-6962
Email: Click here http://www.manateechamber.com/referer.asp?type=email&mem_key=TEMPO%20NEWS&database=undefined
Category:Newspapers

[ShorelineMike]

Why don't we get an opinion on this from a couple of our African-American FReepers?

Well, this African-American FReeper is saying "Glory, hallelujah … can I get an A-MEN on this!"

I managed to learn about a third of this from my grandparents, but I can assure you that most of Colonel Rice's facts are unknown to the majority of my black brothers and sisters … and the Democrat Party hierarchy would love to keep it that way.

[Quix]

I was hoping for a

"THEREFORE,

UP YOURS! DIMRATS!"

Silly me.

[ladyinred]

This is just wonderful, and the real truth. Bless this woman!

[snopercod]

Hey, gonzo. I thought you were no longer on FR. Good to see your screen name again.

[JohnD9207]

Thank God for your post...and I loved your web site!!! Marry Me? (just kidding...I think)

John Danforth
SSgt USA (RET)

[Warrior Nurse]

I would also like to add how it was legions of southern Democrats that were against the civil rights marchers and workers in the Early 60's. Bull Conner, George Wallace, Lester Maddox all democrats and all were against allowing black Americans to live as free unencumbered people.

Planned Parenthood brainchild of the racist Margaret Sanger whose project has spawned into a killing ground of 1400 black babies aborted daily. Since it's "legalization" after Roe v Wade abortion has murdered over 14 million black children. 36% of all abortions are performed on black females. This is disproportionate to their numbers in the population. 95% of Abortions are for birth control. 800,000 lives were lost in Rwanda b/c of Democratic malfeasance, what you you call the loss of 14 million black babies?

The Congressional Black Caucus, since its inception had identified problems in the black community but has sat idle by and offered no solutions except blame the white man and his racist policies when it is they who are the purveyors of that same policy.

The Liberals that scream bloody murder about the Ten Commandments and Under God in the Pledge but during election season can be found glad handing and singing in black churches

The abysmal hypocrisy of the Democratic leadership that for all this support from black American's only one black Senator (Her corruption notwithstanding). Never assigned to high profile government and cabinet positions like Secretary of State and National Security advisor. When the Democrats in congress were choosing it's leaders it was Nancy Pelosi publicly belittling Harold Ford when they were running for House Minority Leader. When Carl McCall ran for Governor of New York Terry McAuluff stopped national party funding of his election bid. After the death of Sen Wellstone there were calls for Alan Page to fill out his term but wouldn't you know it Black's in the Democratic party ride to the back of the bus.

When it comes to offering a change at Affirmative Opportunity for black people in government and business here is one conservative black man that happens to be serving in the military that is sticking with the Republicans.

[Capitalism2003]

[j_tull]

thousands of African Americans were shot, beaten, lynched, mutilated, and burned to death

Really?

[Warrior Nurse]

One other thing that I would like to propose that the term African American should only apply to those Africans who have immigrated to American and became American citizens. Who also by the way tend to be more productive then native born blacks.

I am sure we can go on ad nauseum about the state of education among black people that talking good English is somehow acting white. That anti intellectualism is a rampant disease and BET and Hip-Hop are the pirates of the Ghetto. Then there is the subject of no black fathers in the home and how the welfare system is destroying the black family.