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05-28-2010, 10:30 AM
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Put this in the category of things hidden from black people during black history month.
US Senate
Hiram Rhodes Revels (1822-1901); Republican – Mississippi; 1870-1871
US House
John Willis Menard (1838-1893); Republican - Louisiana; 1868
Joseph Rainey (1832-1887); Republican - South Carolina; 1870-1879
Jefferson F. Long (1836-1901); Republican – Georgia; 1870-1871
Robert C. De Large (1842-1874); Republican - South Carolina; 1871-1873
Robert B. Elliott (1842-1884); Republican - South Carolina; 1871-1874
Benjamin S. Turner (1825-1894); Republican – Alabama; 1871-1873
Josiah T. Walls (1842-1905); Republican – Florida; 1871-1873, 1873-1875, 1875-1876
A complete list of blacks in Congress in the Reconstruction era is here.
Black Republicans in Congress during Reconstruction
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05-28-2010, 10:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DRob4JC
Put this in the category of things hidden from black people during black history month.
US Senate
Hiram Rhodes Revels (1822-1901); Republican – Mississippi; 1870-1871
US House
John Willis Menard (1838-1893); Republican - Louisiana; 1868
Joseph Rainey (1832-1887); Republican - South Carolina; 1870-1879
Jefferson F. Long (1836-1901); Republican – Georgia; 1870-1871
Robert C. De Large (1842-1874); Republican - South Carolina; 1871-1873
Robert B. Elliott (1842-1884); Republican - South Carolina; 1871-1874
Benjamin S. Turner (1825-1894); Republican – Alabama; 1871-1873
Josiah T. Walls (1842-1905); Republican – Florida; 1871-1873, 1873-1875, 1875-1876
A complete list of blacks in Congress in the Reconstruction era is here.
Black Republicans in Congress during Reconstruction
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05-28-2010, 10:38 AM
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Location: Washington state
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DRob4JC
Put this in the category of things hidden from black people during black history month.
US Senate
Hiram Rhodes Revels (1822-1901); Republican – Mississippi; 1870-1871
US House
John Willis Menard (1838-1893); Republican - Louisiana; 1868
Joseph Rainey (1832-1887); Republican - South Carolina; 1870-1879
Jefferson F. Long (1836-1901); Republican – Georgia; 1870-1871
Robert C. De Large (1842-1874); Republican - South Carolina; 1871-1873
Robert B. Elliott (1842-1884); Republican - South Carolina; 1871-1874
Benjamin S. Turner (1825-1894); Republican – Alabama; 1871-1873
Josiah T. Walls (1842-1905); Republican – Florida; 1871-1873, 1873-1875, 1875-1876
A complete list of blacks in Congress in the Reconstruction era is here.
Black Republicans in Congress during Reconstruction
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How many black Republicans are in Congress currently? |
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05-28-2010, 10:39 AM
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Location: Wichita,Kansas
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But republicans are racist! There i beat the lefties to it  |
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05-28-2010, 10:40 AM
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Location: Washington state
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But republicans are racist! There i beat the lefties to it |
Here's your chance..Prove the GOP isn't racist..
Show me the black Republicans that are in Congress right now.. |
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05-28-2010, 10:43 AM
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Location: Rational World Park
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I know most republicans have not yet realized this but its 2010 and black republicans in congress are extinct.
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05-28-2010, 10:43 AM
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Location: North America
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05-28-2010, 10:46 AM
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Um, you do realize that most black people already know this?
~ButterBrownBiscuit~
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05-28-2010, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by DRob4JC
Put this in the category of things hidden from black people during black history month.
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Hidden? I've yet watch a single documentary or read a single book on Reconstruction that doesn't make this point patently obvious, including black historian, the late John Hope Franklin's Reconstruction after the Civil War, that doesn't make this point plainly obvious. |
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05-28-2010, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by DRob4JC
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What is your point? |
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