This is an article that I came across that was insightful and very informative. It was written some months ago but....
I would like to preface this piece by saying that I do not like classifying American people based on their race. I feel that the simple act of giving people different names based on the color of their skin only further segregates the people of our country and is almost discriminatory. However, for the sake of understanding, I will use the phrase “Black American” to refer to any people who consider themselves to be Black- or African-Americans. I do not mean this phrase to be offensive in any way, and apologize in advance if this phrase seems disrespectful.
Black Americans have long been played by the Democratic Party and it continues even today, especially since it is an election year. They have fought long and hard for their equal rights and it fills me with despair to watch how the Democratic Party is pandering and outright lying to them.
- From the 1860’s through the 1960’s, the Democrats opposed every civil rights law.
- In 1866, the Democrats founded the Ku Klux Klan.
- In 1865, Republicans unanimously supported the 13th Amendment, which made slavery unconstitutional. 78 percent of the House Democrats and 63 percent of the Democrat Senators voted no.
Democrats would have you believe that President John F. Kennedy was a strong supporter of the civil rights, but that isn’t true. As a Senator, Kennedy voted against the 1957 Civil Rights Act as did Senator Al Gore Sr. Kennedy was against Dr. King’s march on Washington; in fact Kennedy, along with his brother Attorney General Robert Kennedy, had Dr. King wiretapped and investigated under suspicion that he was associated with the Communist party. What stands out in the minds of Americans is the fact that in 1960 Kennedy assisted in getting King released from jail. That small gesture of kindness appeared to make people forget all of the things that the Republicans did in order to help advance the rights and liberties of Black America.
The Republicans efforts on behalf of Black America produced the first black four star generals in 1975: Daniel James and Rosco Robinson.
- President Ronald Regan on November 2, 1983 declared Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday a national holiday.
- President Ronald Regan also appointed Colin Powell as our first black National Security Advisor
- President George W. Bush appointed Powell as our first black Secretary of State.
- President George W. Bush also named Condoleezza Rice as the first black female National Security Council Chief.