[Mn. Black Republican Coalition]

Radical Republicans would risk each other lives for equal rights for the newly freeded Blacks during reconstruction. You didn't learn this in the Urban Schools did you?

[goldstategop]

Even today to liberals we're white n**ers. Nothin's changed.

[Larry Lucido]

Nope. Not even in Catholic school. Had to learn it all later on.

[onyx]

You're going to be a marvelous FReeper! A most wonderful post for this 4th of July!

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Radical Republicans would risk each other lives for equal rights for the newly freeded Blacks during reconstruction. You didn't learn this in the Urban Schools did you?

This clearly calls for a MHKING ping.

[What Is Ain't]

Uh, this is historical information which is not supposed to be shared with today's "sophisticated" citizenry lest they begin to question their liberal masters.

[Arpege92]

I am thirty four years old and this is the first I have heard about this! That's pretty sad.

[July 4th]

No! This can't be true. My unionized, liberal, public school teachers would have told me if this really happened!

[Eternal_Bear]

Seriously, how many Republicans were there in the South during that time any way?

[GOPJ]

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[friendly]

History has doucumented the Ku Klux Klan platform calling for the murders of the Negro and the Republicans.

More importantly the Republicans were founded for the express purpose of liberating blacks from their Democrat Party slaveowners.

AND the Republicans sacrificed with their blood with hundreds of thousands of Republicans dead or severely wounded, fighting the Democrat Party to free the slaves.

Amazingly 140 years later, the blacks are STILL ENSLAVED by the democrats, and the Republicans are still fighting for their freedom.

[mhking]

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[Wolverine]

Welcome to Free Republic, Lucky!

[farmfriend]

Pinging the short list in support of a new freeper.

[steplock]

Gotta bump this to post the link elsewhere also!!

[visualops]

Welcome to FR :)

Great post, website is chock full of great reading as well.

[Fiddlstix]

Welcome to FR J

[elbucko]

FYI, The Ku Klux Clan was Sottish in origin, but not racial in purpose. As is common with the Left it is a co-opted term to confuse the confusable. The "Clan of the Closed Circle", or Ku Klux Clan were actually an organization of work horse owning teamsters that plowed the crofter's (tenant farmers) fields during the 16th. to the 19th century's in Scotland. Few Scottish farmers could afford the cost and maintenance of large work horses. The farmers paid these "teamsters" for their services. The closed circle comes from the exclusivity maintained by the teamsters clan. Like many public unions of today, membership in the "Clan" depended on who you knew or were related to. And how well you kept your mouth shut about the craft of handling large horses.

Welcome to FR and a Happy 4th.

Regards , Buck.

[kuma]

I learned this in Pennsylvania schools. But then it is a rural Republican area. All one needs to do to learn history is go back and read the original letters, books, newspapers etc...

There is too much reliance on short essays in some manufactured modern day history book. The absolute worst thing to do is read some history professor's book. It will always be ruined by their own opinion.

[Nea Wood]

You didn't learn this in the Urban Schools did you?

I sure didn't! I'm grateful to learn it now. Thanks for posting.

[rustbucket]

Radical Republicans did not have a good name in Texas.

Despite losing an 1873 statewide election by a two-to-one margin, Radical Republicans seized part of the state capitol building in an armed uprising to prevent the new government from taking power. They also kidnapped the mayor of Austin.

The upper part of the capitol building was occupied by the newly elected governor and his supporters. The basement was occupied by the Radical Republicans. So there were two armed groups in the capitol building claiming to be the government of Texas. This standoff continued for a while.

President Grant would not send any troops to help the Radical Republicans stay in power, so they eventually gave up.