The Democratic Party Owes Blacks An Apology
As author Michael Scheuer stated, the Democratic Party is the party of the four S's: slavery, secession, segregation and now socialism. Clearly, then, it is the Democratic Party that owes black Americans an apology – not the Republican Party, nor the United States of America.
The time is long overdue for the Democratic Party to apologize for that party’s nearly 200-year history of racism and cease using racial politics for partisan political gain. Only then can we finally end the racial divisiveness that has torn our nation asunder.
National Democratic Party leaders should follow the example set by the Democratic Party leaders in North Carolina, who, as a result of the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission Report of May 31, 2006, issued a unanimous apology on January 20, 2007 for the Democratic Party's 1898 murderous rampage where dozens of black Americans were massacred. That apology can be viewed on the Internet at: http://www.ncdp.org/node/1546.
In a letter to the North Carolina Democratic Party, then North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Richard H. Moore wrote: “We can no longer ignore the fact that many of us grew up being taught a much sanitized – and inaccurate – history…. The truth is ugly.”
The ugly racist history of the Democratic Party prompted Wayne Perryman to write his two books. One is "Unfounded Loyalty: An In-depth Look Into The Love Affair Between Blacks and Democrats". The other is “Whites, Blacks & Racist Democrats: The Untold History of Race & Politics Within The Democratic Party From 1792 – 2009.” Perryman then filed a lawsuit against the Democratic Party demanding an apology on behalf of black Americans. However, after admitting their history of racism under oath in court, the Democrats refused to apologize and, with an army of lawyers, used the legal technicality of “standing” to avoid a court order against them, knowing they can take the black vote for granted.
And this:
The “Dixiecrats” Remained Democrats
The so-called “Dixiecrats” remained Democrats and did not migrate to the Republican Party. The Dixiecrats were a group of Southern Democrats who, in the 1948 national election, formed a third party, the State’s Rights Democratic Party with the slogan: “Segregation Forever!” Even so, they continued to be Democrats for all local and state elections, as well as for all future national elections.
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Here's an article about the National Black Republican Association.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080803/ARTICLE/808030351/0/SPORTS0401?p=all&tc=pgall
Last section "Childhood lessons" is interesting.
Thanks for the link. Her critics don't seem to question her veracity; they just seem to tremble at her outspoken tactics.
I just noticed this from the article: "Rice attended Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King Jr.'s father preached.
"Daddy King" as he was called, was a Republican, but, according to Taylor Branch, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian who studied the King family, he publicly switched his allegiance to the Democrats and said he would vote for John F. Kennedy.
Martin Luther King Jr. took care not to claim any political party, said Clayborne Carson, a professor at Stanford University who directs the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute. But there are photos of him campaigning for President Lyndon Johnson, a Democrat, in 1964. Many blacks became Democrats during the civil rights movement.
Rice's brother said the rest of Rice's family became Democrats, too, and they still are."
It wasn't just southern racists switching from Democrats to Republicans but civil rights leaders switching to the Democrats.
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