Black Americans have a long history in the Republican party despite rumors to the contrary. The following list of known Black Republicans was compiled by Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The list includes the following: CLAUDE ALLEN, J. KENNETH BLACKWELL, JENNETTE BRADLEY, EDWARD BROOKE, JANICE ROGERS BROWN, BLANCHE K. BRUCE, KEITH BUTLER, HERMAN CAIN, OCTAVIUS VALENTINE CATTO, HENRY PLUMMER CHEATHAM, WARD CONNERLY, ELDRIGE CLEAVER, OSCAR STANTON DE PRIEST, FREDERICK DOUGLASS, CLYDE DREXLER, LARRY ELDER, ROBERT BROWN ELLIOTT, TED HAYES, ROY INNIS, NIGER INNIS, WALLACE B. JEFFERSON, ALAN KEYES, DON KING, YAPHETT KOTTO, JOHN MERCER LANGSTON, JEFFERSON FRANKLIN LONG,JOHN ROY LYNCH, ANGELA MCGLOWAN, DONALD MCLAURIN,KARL MALONE, THOMAS EZEKIEL MILLER, HAMID SALEEM MUJAHID, GEORGE WASHINGTON MURRAY, ROD PAIGE, SHERMAN PARKER, SAMUEL PIERCE, COLIN POWELL, MICHAEL POWELL, JESSE LEE PATTERSON, JOSEPH C. PHILLIPS, JOSEPH H. RAINEY, HIRAM RHODES REVELS, DR. CONDOLEZZA RICE, FRANCIS RICE, VERNON ROBINSON, LUC EL-ART SEVERE,T.W.SHANNON, ROBERT SMALLS, MICHAEL STEELE, PICKNEY BENTON STUART PINCHBACK, LYNN SWAN, CLARENCE THOMAS, MARY TERRELL,WILLIAM T. VERNON, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, JIMMIE WALKER, J.C. WATTS, IDA WELLS, ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS, MICHAEL L. WILLIAMS, AND WALTER E. WILLIAMS.
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^^^^ ummm...nooo...actually some people aren't stubborn and don't blindly follow their party or some people just follow a party out of habit not really conviction so when confronted with its wrongdoings there is the possibility they WILL change their minds.
I agree but the majority of the time people are stuck in their ways, its somewhat like religion. Theres just some things you might not want to persuade people to change, mainly because its what they were taught.
The sheer ignorance of the initial post is amazing.
Of course, blacks supported the **** in the old days. The most racist folks in this country were southern democrats. Republicans were considered liberal northerners, while the South was solidly conservative democrat.
Then things changed dramatically in the 50s and 60s.
LBJ pushed for civil rights legislation and other anti-segregation causes, angering southern conservatives along the way (dems and dixiecrats).
The result? Them racist southerners flocked to the desperate Republican party, which was in disarray after LBJ won the 1964 election over the segregationist Republican Barry Goldwater.
Is it a coincidence that Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina and other conservative states became republican for the first time ever in the 1960s and have remained so?
Please, name me those prominent elected black republicans over the last 40 years. Rice and Powell were appointed TOKENS to give an image of inclusion (Powell) or because of friendship (Rice)... At least Colin Powell had the decency to leave that sorry administration early.
The **** seized to be the party of Lincoln in the 60s and became a Goldwater/Thurmond/ Falwell/Duke/****/Reagan/Bush diaspora. Why would blacks associate themselves with these kinds of people?
Do you honestly believe that a man like Rockefeller would still feel at home in the current ****?
I agree but the majority of the time people are stuck in their ways, its somewhat like religion. Theres just some things you might not want to persuade people to change, mainly because its what they were taught.
^^^true..that's why I'm done with this thread now...too exhaustin
