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Found a bit a history on the NBRA website.
http://www.nationalblackrepublicans.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.blackgop&x=2531156
Thought it might provoke thought in comparision....to say the Obama Admin.
Martin Luther King was a Republican? Now why would that be?
From the site:
Martin Luther King, Jr.
(1929-1968)
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 at his family home in Atlanta, Georgia. King's grandfather was a Baptist preacher, and his father was pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church. King earned his own Bachelor of Divinity degree from Crozier Theological Seminary in 1951 and earned his Doctor of Philosophy from Boston University in 1955. As a Baptist Minister, he was an eloquent civil rights movement leader from the mid-1950's until his death by assassination on April 3, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee where he was there to support striking sanitation workers. King registered as a Republican in 1956.
As pastor of a Baptist church in Montgomery, Alabama, King led a black bus boycott. He and ninety others were arrested and indicted under the provisions of a law making it illegal to conspire to obstruct the operation of a business. King and several others were found guilty, but appealed their case. A Supreme Court decision in 1956 ended Alabama's segregation laws enacted by Democrats. After this success, King was made president of the newly established Southern Christian Leadership Conference. King led the 1963 March on Washington where he delivered his most famous “I Have a Dream” speech. King became a national hero as he promoted non-violent means to achieve civil rights reform. He was awarded the 1964 Noble Peace Prize for his efforts, and President Ronald Reagan made King’s birthday a national holiday.
MLK was a Republican
http://www.nationalblackrepublicans.com/MLKWasARepublican
About The NBRA
Our vision is that black Americans will become power players in the political arena so that they can seize control over their own destiny and move into our ownership society through small business and home ownership.
MISSION: The mission of the National Black Republican Association (NBRA) is to be a resource for the black community on Republican ideals and promote the traditional values of the black community which are the core values of the Republican Party: strong families, faith in God, personal responsibility, quality education, and equal opportunities for all.
GOAL: The goal of the NBRA is to return black Americans to their Republican Party roots by enlightening them about how Republicans fought for their freedom and civil rights, and are now fighting for their educational and economic advancement.
OBJECTIVES: The objectives of the NBRA are to conduct a nationwide grassroots educational campaign in black communities; champion school choice opportunity scholarships to give black parents educational options and access to a quality education for their children; and provide training and resources for grassroots activists and candidates for elected office.
Source (http://www.nationalblackrepublicans.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.aboutnbra&x=1862437)
Martin Luther King was a Republican? Now why would that be?
From the site:
Makes perfect sense to me, given what the democratic party did to blacks in the south. Unfortuneately the existing educational system in America does not teach the making of the Democratic party and what it did to the Black race.
Having spent many of my formative years in Alabama, I can remember hearing suggestions that MLK was a communist. After listening to recordings of his speeches, I could never reconcile what he was saying to the implication that he was a communist. Now I know why.
IIRC, two political parties participated in the Compromise of 1877.
GratefulCitizen
10-23-2009, 20:11
A good friend of mine was one of the few black students at the Colorado School of Mines in the early '90s.
The baseball caps with the "X" on the front (for Malcolm X) were in style.
He usually wore a baseball cap which had a "Y" on the front of it.
When people would ask what it stood for, he would flash a big smile and respond:
"Young Republicans!"
Dragbag036
10-23-2009, 22:31
In the last election, as I presented my Voter card to the Caucasian man, who looked at it, stared at me and actually wanted to ask... I put his mind at ease and said yes I am Republican, and yes I will be voting that way and walked to my booth. I know I didn't have to say anything, but I wanted to. I proceeded to the Moore County Republican Party HQ and let them know about the many supporters of BHO wearing his paraphernalia in the voting lines. I had such a crowd around me it was cool. I left giving a donation and received so much McCain/Palin support items I gave many items away near the polling places.
For years I have been trying to educate some of the young soldiers who seem to believe that because they are black AMERICANS that its not a birth rite to be a Democrat. As stated earlier, our education system does not teach the many things that the Democratic Party represented even before they had the name Democrat. For some ungodly reason black AMERICANS seem to think that the Democratic party has been its savior. Even though not all in the Republican Party had the same thought, they at least agreed that all men have the right to WORK their way to the top (pursuit of happiness). Asking some about their party of choice most respond with, "that's what my family votes...Democrat".
So I ask..how is it that this became the norm?
(if ignorance is bliss, there are a lot of happy people on the planet)
There is another name on that site that is worth reading about...
A. Philip Randolph, A Republican
Randolph not only organized the 1963 march,, that made MLK..
But he also organized a march in 1941, protesting the Democratic administration of Roosevelt.
A. Philip Randolph
(1889 - 1979)
As a Philip Randolph became one of America’s foremost labor leader and civil rights pioneer. He was born in Crescent City, Florida in 1889. In 1925 he organized and served as the first President of the Black International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Randolph was the first African American to serve as an International Vice-President of the AFL-CIO in 1957, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Lyndon Johnson in 1964.
He organized two major marches on Washington, D.C. in 1941 and 1963, which resulted in important advances in black civil rights. The 1963 march made Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. into a national figure. About the 1963 March Randolph once said:
"By fighting for their rights now, American Negroes are helping to make America a moral and spiritual arsenal of democracy. Their fight against the poll tax, against lynch law, segregation, and Jim Crow, their fight for economic, political, and social equality, thus becomes part of the global war for freedom.”
99% of the democrats claim to be the salvation of the minorities and the minorities believe them..
In fact,, history shows the opposite..
So I ask..how is it that this became the norm?
Before asking what the Democrats did do to attract so many African American voters, I would raise the question what did the Republicans not do to alienate blacks in the first place?
So I ask..how is it that this became the norm?
The short answer - a progression of national level personalities seen as being 'in touch' (in relative terms) and much needed corrective legislative initiatives identified with FDR/AER, HST, RFK (AG), LBJ, JEC, WJC, and BHO.
Richard's $.02 :munchin
Before asking what the Democrats did do to attract so many African American voters, I would raise the question what did the Republicans not do to alienate blacks in the first place?
And I suppose before we ask the rapist why he brutally raped his victim, we should ask the victim what she did to entice the rapist in the first place.
I spoke with family members that recall seeing a billboard similar to this one in Birmingham, AL in 1965.
Source:
Civil Rights: Rare Photos (http://www.life.com/image/2667603/in-gallery/25422/civil-rights-rare-photos)
Dragbag036
10-24-2009, 10:01
The short answer - a progression of national level personalities seen as being 'in touch' (in relative terms) and much needed corrective legislative initiatives identified with FDR/AER, HST, RFK (AG), LBJ, JEC, WJC, and BHO.
Richard's $.02 :munchin
I agree with you Sir, I have found that many have been pulled in by the vast celebrities and mainstream media approach to the Democratic Party. If one would research you would find that most of the history of the DNC between 1848 and the 20th century is very diluted, while the GOP discloses its Abolitionist roots. "Democrats have learned that by empowering blacks who are willing to marginalize Republicans, they can control blacks and large populations of poorly educated American voters." DNC has learn to control the media, unions, and public schools. History of Slavery does not mention Democrats either.
Growing up in this environment, as a young school aged boy, I believed a lot of the hype. But my father raised me to be independent and use my own judgment. In the end, I chose for myself with education. Many in my family are still Democrats...but every time I give more information, their eyes open a bit wider. Education is the Key.
Before asking what the Democrats did do to attract so many African American voters, I would raise the question what did the Republicans not do to alienate blacks in the first place?
but I suspect it was JFK who proposed being a "champion" of the black man. JFK ran against a conservative Republican while painting him as "Not a Champion", and possibly a racist. Propaganda seems to follow threads.
In the winter of 62, MLK called JFK and asked, "when are you going to honor your campaign promises, "Civil Rights / Liberties Act, etc.?" MLK informed JFK that he had the majority of almost the black votes in the south, and many in the north.
JFK's response was, in sort, "....if I propose the CRLA, I seperate the white vote in the north and will not win a second term." It was LBJ, who pushed the Civil Rights / Liberties Act, stating we should honor the CLA in the name of JFK.
Once MLK was assassinated, his memory as a conservatism and the advancement of the black man, was replaced with him being honored by the Democrats as a leader in Civil Liberties.
We have gone so far to the left, I would welcome a JFK today.
And I suppose before we ask the rapist why he brutally raped his victim, we should ask the victim what she did to entice the rapist in the first place.Or one could take another look at American history between Reconstruction (1863-1877) and the Second Great Migration (1941- c. 1970).