Posted on 07/23/2010 10:57:05 AM PDT by FactReal
| U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FIRST BLACKS WERE ALL REPUBLICANS Republicans - the racists? In 1868, Republicans elected the first black person to represent them in Congress. There were no black Democrats in Congress until 1935. For almost seven decades Republicans were the ONLY ONES electing blacks to Congress. Here are the historical facts: |
| John Willis Menard (1838-1893); Republican - Louisiana; Term: 1868 | |
Joseph Rainey (1832-1887); Republican - South Carolina; Term:1870-1879 | |
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| Jefferson F. Long (1836-1901); Republican – Georgia; Term: 1870-1871 | |
Robert C. De Large (1842-1874); Republican - South Carolina; Term: 1871-1873 | |
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| Robert B. Elliott (1842-1884); Republican - South Carolina; Term: 1871-1874 | |
Benjamin S. Turner (1825-1894); Republican – Alabama; Term: 1871-1873 | |
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That’s nothing to brag about. The Republican party of that era was more radical than the democrat party today. Those men were not elected in most cases. They were appointed by carpet baggers to punish southern whites.
And the KKK was the terrorist wing of the democrat party.
And it was the progressive movement which aligned itself with the democrats and the KKK with progressive Woodrow Wilson denouncing the Founders in his book and also showing KKK films in the White House. Progressive icon FDR appointed KKK lawyer Hugo Black to the Supreme Court and of course locked up an entire race.
And to this day the democrat with the most appointments (promotions) and most celebrated (called the conscience of the Senate) by his fellow democrats was KKK recruiter Robert Byrd.
Of course they were.
The Democrat party was the Party of Slavery at its founding two centuries ago and remains the Party of Slavery today.
"Back then", they used persons of African ancestry to convert cotton seeds to cotton bales on the Southern plantaions; today they use persons of African ancestry to convert (other peoples) dollars to votes on the Urban plantations.
David Barton has a book, “American History in Black and White” that should be on everyone’s reading list. I’ve been buying copies on Amazon.com and giving them to every gang banger and socialist that I engage in conversation here in Charlotte, NC.. So far they have been amazed to learn that the Democratic party has always been the party of slavery.
So fighting for equal rights to representation for all was radical? The democrats today still do not believe in this ideal but instead want a system whereas socialism trumps individual liberty.
For a free subscription to FR complete with handle change, correctly name and identify the party of the depicted individuals.
No black was elected to congress by popular vote until Ed Brooke of Massachusetts. A republican. 1972?
Back before the 17th amendment no Senator was voted in, they were all, black and white, appointed by state legislators.
Radical how?
Book recommendation Ping
Thanks but no thanks.
What are you, a Grand Wizard?
Well, Powell, on the left, was a Democrat, though he supported Eisenhower*. King, though is the most famous Republican ever, possibly more famous than Reagan.
*The beginning of endless “investigations” and the like from his Party friends.
Powell[d] MLK[r] ??
How did the Democrat party gain the trust and monopoly of the black people when it was the R party of Lincoln etc. to bring an end to slavery per say...
Amen. I am reading that book right now. 137 pages with 495 references. The most surprising stat that I read was that between 1882-1964, 4,743 people were lynched. 3,446 blacks, and 1,297 whites (Republicans).
FDR and the beginning of the entitlement programs.
Handouts and allowing “communities” to have their own leaders independent of the main Party. Independent to the point where a gang or two could run a big chunk of a city.
So offers of money and power to a connected few, I’d say.
Pretty much what I said in 19, yes I agree.
YOU need to get a CLUE this discussion is about the US House NOT Senate.
I believe most white southerners turned away from the Democrat Party when they turned away from racism and bigotry. As you say the Democrat Party does not believe in equal representation and never has. And they do not believe in advancement based on merit. Their model is something like an aristocracy. Socialism for the masses and ruled by an all powerful aristocracy.
Brainwashing I would say. That and our pathetic public education system run by lib-Dem-socialist-union thug types.
What a coup that dems got back then. Sounds like the R party isnt much different today then yesterday. They never fought for what was right, never! It certainly has caught up with us. I hope with all the information flowing these days black people start manning up and realizing they are leaders too they dont have to follow the plantation.
What are you...an a-hole?
The first black Senator after Reconstruction was Sen. Edward Brooke, a Republican from Massachusetts, in the 60’s and 70’s.
Don’t you remember all the Black History Month assignments and reading those books and watching those big-budget films about these guys??
Me neither.
Make certain to share some of the insights with folks that you normally wouldn’t talk to. The lefties that we educate, we don’t have to fight!
bttt
This is the argument that most progressives try to use. They claim that all the racists left the democrats and went to the republicans and that vice-versa as to those who left the republicans and went to the democrats. It is pure propaganda. While sure there have always been people that switch parties from time to time, it is absurd to try to claim that the two parties completely switched all of their members.
Besides that argument leaves out a blaring fact about how the progressive movement was aligned with the KKK. If both parties switched all of their constituents then why is it that the progressive movement was aligned with the democrats then and now both? How does one explain KKK Byrd being the most celebrated member of the democrat party up until today?
Stockholm Syndrome. Just getting beaten, burned, and lynched enough, and the black race broke. BTW, the beatings, cross-burnings, church-bombings, and lynchings didn't end with Abolition in 1865, didn't end with Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, didn't even end with the Civil Rights Act of 1965...they ended when blacks became a reliable Democrat Party vote (>80% in the early 1970's). If the black vote ever went up to 30% Republican again, expect a new generation of Klansmen to rise up.
“How did the Democrat party gain the trust and monopoly of the black people when it was the R party of Lincoln etc. to bring an end to slavery per say...”
This was a result of the counter-culture movement, imo. As the left-wing counter-culture movement enticed all of our children with relative morality, drugs, and Marxism black neighborhoods were heavily affected. Then add to that the divisive nature of socialism and fascism whereas democrat operatives preached hatred against society in black neighborhoods and slowly they weakened these black communities and made them more dependent upon democrats and their entitlements.
Black families were at one time very religious and had traditional values. At that time they voted 90% republican. After the counter-culture this changed and now they vote 90% democrat.
Stang: The GOP, Red From The Start....
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Thomas Dilorenzo...Our Republic Cannot Be Restored Until GOP Destroyed!
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COMMIE CHICAGO~ Al Benson
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I agree with your points exactly. Progressives try to say that many white Southerners became Republicans because that is somehow the more racist party. I make the opposite claim. I believe that as many white Southerners abandoned a racist philosophy they moved toward the less racist and more liberty based party: the Republican Party.
5 black potus...
http://gunnyg.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/the-five-black-presidents-of-the-united-states-of-america/
Adam Clayton Powell, Democrat-at least in about 1966 or so.
Martin Luther King, Republican
Hence the old hit the nail on the head adage; a candidate who promises to rob Peter to pay Paul can always depend on Paul's vote, especially if Paul is a social democrat.
U.S. SENATE – FIRST BLACKS WERE ALL REPUBLICANS:
| Hiram Rhodes Revels (1822-1901); Republican – Mississippi; Term: 1870-1871 |
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Blanche Bruce (1841-1898); Republican – Mississippi; Term: 1875-1881 |
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No, I want the new handle and sign-up! I’m currently staying at the Albuquerque Marriott on Louisiana, just send it to my attention and the desk will call me when it gets in. Thanks for the fun contest! :)
FDR and the beginning of the entitlement programs
The people's dependence on the Government started there for all races, and maybe it was a little disproportionate toward the black community for whatever reason, but seeing the writing on the wall with the Civil Rights' Act and having the political wisdom to jump on and take over that bandwagon was from none other than LBJ:
"I'll have those n*gg*rs voting Democrat for the next 200 years" - Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
I bet none of the so-called "civil rights leaders" of today could match that quote to its originator. Funny thing is, quoting a Democrat probably just put me the closest I have even been to being banned from FR for hate speech.
Crap, it's you, Olbermann
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