The Republican Party formed by abolitionists in 1854 take bold steps in securing freedoms for former slaves until the Democrats regain control of Congress. Once in control of Congress and many of the southern state governments the Democrats once again stripped away the rights African Americans wouldn’t again fully achieve until the civil rights movement of the 1960′s.
- In 1865, Congressional Republicans unanimously backed the 13th Amendment, which made slavery unconstitutional. Among Democrats, 63 percent of senators and 78 percent of House members voted: “No.”
- In 1866, 94 percent of GOP senators and 96 percent of GOP House members approved the 14th Amendment, guaranteeing all Americans equal protection of the law. Every congressional Democrat voted: “No.”
- February 28, 1871: The GOP Congress passed the Enforcement Act, giving black voters federal protection.
- February 8, 1894: Democratic President Grover Cleveland and a Democratic Congress repealed the GOP’s Enforcement Act, denying black voters federal protection.
- October 16, 1901: GOP President Theodore Roosevelt invited to the White House as its first black dinner guest Republican educator Booker T. Washington.
- January 26, 1922: The U.S. House adopted Rep. Leonidas Dyer’s (R., Mo.) bill making lynching a federal crime. Filibustering Senate Democrats killed the measure.
- Until 1935, every black federal legislator was Republican. America’s first black U.S. Representative, South Carolina’s Joseph Rainey, and our first black senator, Mississippi’s Hiram Revels, both reached Capitol Hill in 1870. On December 9, 1872, Louisiana Republican Pinckney Benton Stewart “P.B.S.” Pinchback became America’s first black governor.
- August 17, 1937: Republicans opposed Democratic President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Supreme Court nominee, U.S. Senator Hugo Black (D., Al.), a former Klansman who defended Klansmen against race-murder charges.
- September 24, 1957: Eisenhower deployed the 82nd Airborne Division to desegregate Little Rock’s government schools over the strenuous resistance of Governor Orval Faubus (D., Ark.).
- May 6, 1960: Eisenhower signs the GOP’s 1960 Civil Rights Act after it survived a five-day, five-hour filibuster by 18 Senate Democrats.
- November 2, 1983: President Reagan established Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday as a national holiday, the first such honor for a black American.
- President Reagan named Colin Powell America’s first black national-security adviser while GOP President George W. Bush appointed him our first black secretary of state.
Facts are from Deroy Murdock who is an advisory board member of Project 21, a Washington-based network of black free-market advocates.
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marcostar…and …
marcostar…and your party…the Dems is the party of liberal excesses…and self-destructive social legislation…
By the way…most of the Southern segregationists…all of them…were Dems…Democrats…
The GOP of …
The GOP of Lincoln’s day would be Progressive Democrats today — and the Southern Dems (Confederates) would be Republicans…duh!
I fail to see what …
I fail to see what this video has to do with the “proud history” of the GOP?? The Radicals opposed Lincoln’s post-Civil war policy.. who know what the result would have been if the more-lenient policies had been supported – perhaps not such a backlash by the South. And today we all know the GOP is the party of the Old (bigoted) South..so much for “proud” history HA!
Republican support …
Republican support for the civil rights bill was described as ‘overwhelming’ by President Johnson. Thats a true, historical fact. The Republican party has a legacy of civil rights, while the legacy of the Democrat party is polar opposite. However, I feel the current administration is a sign of change in national politics as a whole.
of course they were …
of course they were DUH, history doesnt change but the present changes often for the future but the stupidity and thoughtless minds of some dont
KKK switched from dems to republicans once liberals got a stronghold on the party and the southern policy of democrat conservatives were no more
KKK, segregationalist, and supporters of both are in the same boat, most violent crimes were also committed by regular whites not affiliated with the klan
another lmao …
another lmao comment: sorry it cant be that way because some democrats have Awol againast the southerners wishes which is why we have what we have today
mostly black republican of today vs a mostly black republican party of yesterday
lincoln also appointed southerners and gave them offers. fellow republicans were outraged at lincolns decisions
lincoln wanted to creat a colony someone out of america for blacks and keep less than 10%
Neither party is ” …
Neither party is “full of idiots” both parties represent what people like. We must respect the fact that others disagree with us, but thats ok! Personally, I’m a Republican, but I don’t hate President Obama, I respect him. I do however, HATE his ideas, but I’m sure he’d hate my ideas too. This is what makes America work, the exchange of ideas, of Democratic and Republican ideals. Some years Republicans win some years Democrats win. Abraham Lincoln had the lowest approval rating of any president.
democrats are the …
democrats are the uneducated idiots
Just another fun …
Just another fun fact. The rank and file of the Ku Klux Klan was almost entirely southern democrats. Just as before, if you don’t believe this look it up. History doesn’t lie.
Actually the GOP …
Actually the GOP was founded by anti-slavery activists fighting against the pro-slavery democrats. They elected the republican president Abraham Lincoln who brought forth the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves.If Dems had it there way slavery would still be here today. Don’t believe this little fact? look it up on Wiki.
Is it just me, or …
Is it just me, or are the Republicans uneducated, racist, bible bashing idiots and the Republican Party are like soo the bad guys (Nixon, Bush) and the Democrats are educated, intellitent, open minded good guys (Clinton, Carter, Kennedy, Obama)?? The target voter of the Republican party is the dumb idiot (americans in the southern states record very low IQs) while the more intelligent Americans tend to be northern intelligent open minded people.
governors are …
governors are elected not appointed. also most republicans beyond the mainstream spotlight are those of yesterday and we are fighting to get that public image back.
i never said that we wouldn’t have any spending problems, i am saying that the new deal contributed to many of those problems.
they are still run by biggots. look at joe biden…have you seen the video where he mocks indians??? hillary clinton did the same.
DC stevenson was a …
DC stevenson was a republican govenor in indiana
your right about that but republicans today are not those of yesterday.About gays democrats nor republicans, liberal or conservative want to deal with that,
so your telling me if we didnt have a new deal we would not have spending problems today?
there were only 2 presidents that had balanced budgets.
it took dems over 100 years because they were no longer being ran by southern bigots, what u cannot understand about that is beyond belief
yeah good luck …
yeah good luck repeating yourself retard
republicans have …
republicans have signed at least 6 civil rights laws and it took dems over 100 years to sign one and this is still the civil rights era. what about gays wanting to get married and have equal civil rights???
oh and the new deal is a huge part of the reason that our social economic structure is in such bad shape. it was an awful idea that didn’t do anything but up the future.
can you tell me when a republican president has ever appointed a klansman???
What are u talking …
What are u talking about is the answer here retard
yeah good luck …
yeah good luck trying to rape old women…and probably men too
what the are …
what the are you talking about retard?
@jparish62
So ur …
@jparish62
So ur some kind of child molester…well those guys where right after all
has any republican? …
has any republican? this isnt the civil rights era anymore…
conservatives hated hippies with a passion they seem them as disruptive and devils.
speaking of appeal, all politicians do it, FDR had to appoint a klansmen in return for the new deal. which is why he appointed his wife elanor for civil rights of blacks
yeah, good luck …
yeah, good luck being a little bitch
so you are some …
so you are some kind of senior citizen rapist i take it…well good luck with that
ok, then why in …
ok, then why in 1960 did Eisenhower sign a civil rights bill and it wasn’t until i believe ’68 that johnson signed one and that was only to appeal to the hippies so he could actually have a chance of being elected??? have you noticed also that since then not one dem president has sign any such piece of legislation?
yeah like i put …
yeah like i put your mom to good work
i stand on what i …
i stand on what i said, the republican party became the party of the south starting in the 60′s along with democrats transition to civil rights support