President Trump Signs Law To Honor 200th Anniversary of Frederick Douglass' Birth

CNS News ^ | 11/03/2017 | Michael W. Chapman

[ForYourChildren]

Although completely ignored by the major news networks, President Donald Trump signed into law on Thursday legislation to establish the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission, which will make plans to honor the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a slave who escaped to freedom and became a leading orator, abolitionist, writer, publisher, and statesman.

Douglass was a Republican who often criticized the slavery-supporting Democratic Party. "It is not true that the Republican Party has not endeavored to protect the negro in his right to vote," said Douglass in an 1888 speech. "The whole moral power of the party has been, from first to last, on the side of justice to the negro; and it has only been baffled, in its efforts to protect the negro in his vote, by the Democratic Party."

In a statement on Thursday, President Trump said, “Today, I am pleased to sign into law, H.R. 2989, the ‘Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission Act,’ which will create the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission, which will be responsible for planning, developing, and carrying out activities to honor Frederick Douglass on the 200th anniversary of his birth."

“Our Nation rightly honors the life of Mr. Douglass, a former slave who became an outstanding orator and a leader of the abolitionist movement," said President Trump. "I also welcome the participation of the members of the Congress in the valuable work the Commission will perform."

“… All Americans have much to learn from the life and writings of Mr. Douglass," said President Trump, "and I look forward to working with the Commission to celebrate the achievements of this great man.”

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[ForYourChildren]

This will be lost on the msm.

[manc]

no mention of this in the black community I bet.

[goldstategop]

Yup. The same man Eugene Robinson accused of being racist.

Fake news media is simply ignoring news that shows Trump in a good light.

[pinkandgreenmom]

Oh that Trump. What a racist.

[SandRat]

If they do will they call him an Oreo?

[manc]

yep, as will the elitist, white media like CNN, MSNBC

[Lent]

He was a black Republican. Must have been an uncle Tom!Just like Martin Luther King Jr. Oh wait.

[reg45]

The leftists will call Douglass a racist, sexist, homophobe.

[RedStateRocker]

Or Harriett Tubman-
Imagine a armed black Republican woman :-)

[ForYourChildren]

REPUBLICANS, The Party for ALL Americans

Interestingly, Democrats have long ago erased these historic figures from our textbooks, only to offer deceitful propaganda and economic enticements in an effort to convince people, especially black Americans, that it’s the Democrats rather than Republicans who are the true saviors of civil liberties. Luckily, we can still venture back into America’s real historical record to find that facts are stubborn things. Let’s take a closer look.

the first seven black Americans elected to the U.S. Congress during the Reconstruction period of 1865 to 1877-- and they’re all Republican!

ALL REPUBLICANS

 

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/05/the_secret_racist_history_of_the_democratic_party.html

[Paladin2]

Uncle Ben / Aunt Jamima

(Unc Tom too)

[FrdmLvr]

Not a fan.

[Rome2000]

"The whole moral power of the party has been, from first to last, on the side of justice to the negro; and it has only been baffled, in its efforts to protect the negro in his vote, by the Democratic Party."

That and $2.00 will get you a ride on the subway.

Negroes today are all in comunist.

[hardspunned]

I wonder if the parents of the vile big mouthed empty barrel sullied Douglas’s memory by naming her in his honor?

[Sergio]

bkmk

[TonyM]

How about doing something productive Mr. President, like firing Sessions.

[mass55th]

If he was alive today, he’d be called an Uncle Tom, and not black enough by the Congressional Black Caucus. After his wife died, he married a white woman, and the marriage was not accepted by his children, but despite that, his two sons from his first marriage served in black units during the Civil War. It was his second wife who worked tirelessly to make his home, Cedar Hill in Washington, a museum to his memory.

[Angels27]

Most blacks today probably have no clue who Frederick Douglass was

[manc]

true, most blacks have no idea the Dem party was, and is the party of the KKK, Segregation under Wilson, against civil rights, and the party of racism.
They have no idea MLK was a republican too.
Just goes to show how their leaders have been paid off, and the dopes just follow blindly.