The less racist the South got, the more Republican it became. Here’s what former US President Bill Clinton had to say when he eulogized his segregationist mentor, an Arkansas senator: We come to celebrate and give thanks for the remarkable life of J. William Fulbright, a life that changed our country and our world forever and for the better. . . . In the work he did, the words he spoke and the life he lived, Bill Fulbright stood against the 20th century’s most destructive forces and fought to … [Read more...]
The “Klanbake” 1924 Democratic Party National Convention
The 1924 Democratic National Convention, also called the “Klanbake”, held at the Madison Square Garden in New York City from June 24 to July 9, 1924, took a record 103 ballots to nominate a presidential candidate. Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan, founded and populated by Democratics after post-Civil War Reconstruction, was reenergized after the 1915 release of D.W. Griffith’s very popular racist & Pro-Klan motion picture The Birth of a Nation. The picture was a particular … [Read more...]
Lincoln County Wokeness! Mask Policy Exempts Black Americans!
This is all about science, every bit of it. (It's Not!) Unless you're a black or brown American. Then wearing a mask is optional. It's true!! More Black Americans could die from this policy, not less. Call me a cynic, but this seems very racist. Black Lives Matter less in Lincoln County apparently. Looks like the Democratic Party are back to their roots! It's time for Jim Crow II. These edicts are sounding increasingly like orders from Alablama Governor Wallace in the 50's, or some … [Read more...]
The First Black Senator & US Reps – All GOP!
The first African Americans to serve in the United States Congress were Republicans elected during the Reconstruction Era. After slaves were emancipated and granted citizenship rights, freedmen gained political representation in the Southern United States for the first time. White Democrats regained political power in state legislatures across the South and worked to restore white supremacy. By the presidential election of 1876, only three state legislatures were not controlled by white … [Read more...]
Cassius Marcellus Clay – White GOP Abolitionist
I have always been fascinated by this story - thought I would share it. Muhammad Ali changed his name when he converted to Islam. He claimed that his birth name was a "slave name". He was named after a white Republican abolitionist from his hometown of Louisville, KY. Cassius Marcellus Clay (October 19, 1810 – July 22, 1903), nicknamed The Lion of White Hall, was a Kentucky planter and a Republican politician who worked for the abolition of slavery. He was appointed by President Abraham … [Read more...]
I Have A Dream – Martin Luther King Jr.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 28, 1963 - 57 Years Ago . . . The Democratic Party & Jim Crow laws, the Democratic Party's segregated lunch counters and drinking fountains, the Democratic Party's denial of basic human rights. Fire hoses & attack dogs to stop black American protests, the "liberal" employment of billy clubs … [Read more...]