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'''Black Republicans''' are represented by the [[National Black Republican Association]]. Black Republicans support the [[Republican party]] for many reasons, including a belief that the Republican party supports good values, had a positive role in ending [[slavery]] and maintains positive involvement in the [[civil rights movement]].  
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'''Black Republicans''' comprise about 1% of GOP voters, but include the Republican National Chairman [[Michael Steele]], elected in 2009. Black Republicans support the [[Republican party]] for many reasons, including a belief that the Republican party supports conservative values, is pro-business, and had a positive role in ending [[slavery]] in the 1860s and supporting the [[civil rights movement]] of the 1960s.  
  
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==Black Republicans==
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==Contemporary==
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*[[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] <ref name="a">http://www.nationalblackrepublicans.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.BlackGOP&x=4961358</ref>
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*[[Colin Powell]]
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*[[Frederick Douglass]]<ref name="a"/>
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*[[Condoleezza Rice]]
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*[[Mary McLeod Bethune]]<ref name="a"/>
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*[[Thomas Sowell]]
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*[[Colin Powell]]<ref name="a"/>
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*[[Clarence Thomas]]
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*[[Harriet Tubman]]<ref name="a"/>
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*[[Michael S. Steele]]
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*[[Sojourner Truth]]<ref name="a"/>
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*J. Kenneth Blackwell
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*[[George Washington Carver]]<ref name="a"/>
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*J.C. Watts Jr
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*[[Thomas Sowell]]<ref name="a"/>
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*Don King
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*[[Clarence Thomas]]<ref name="a"/>
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*Denzel Washington
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*[[Michael S. Steele]]<ref name="a"/>
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*Lynn Swann
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*[[Jackie Robinson]]<ref name="a"/>
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*[[Sammy Davis Jr.]]<ref name="a"/>
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==Black Republicans of the past==
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*[[Booker T. Washington]]<ref name="a"/>
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*[[Frederick Douglass]]
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*Alphonso Jackson<ref name="a"/>
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*[[Mary McLeod Bethune]]
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*Rod Paige<ref name="a"/>
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*[[Harriet Tubman]]
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*Michael L. Williams<ref name="a"/>
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*[[Sojourner Truth]]
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*Alveda C. King<ref name="a"/>
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*[[George Washington Carver]]
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*J. Kenneth Blackwell<ref name="a"/>
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*[[Jackie Robinson]]
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*J.C. Watts Jr<ref name="a"/>
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*[[Sammy Davis Jr.]]
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*Don King<ref name="a"/>
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*[[Booker T. Washington]]
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*Denzel Washington<ref name="a"/>
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*Alphonso Jackson
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*Lynn Swann<ref name="a"/>
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*Rod Paige
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*Edward William Brooke, III<ref name="a"/>
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*Michael L. Williams
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*William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr.<ref name="a"/>
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*Alveda C. King
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*Joe Celestin<ref name="a"/>
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*Edward William Brooke, III
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*Herman Cain<ref name="a"/>
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*William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr.
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*A. Philip Randolph<ref name="a"/>
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*Joe Celestin
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*Hiram Rhodes Revels<ref name="a"/>
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*Herman Cain
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*Blanche Bruce<ref name="a"/>
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*A. Philip Randolph
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*Ida B. Wells<ref name="a"/>
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*Hiram Rhodes Revels
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*Mary Terrell<ref name="a"/>
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*Blanche Bruce
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*Carter G. Woodson<ref name="a"/>
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*Ida B. Wells
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*Mary Terrell
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*Carter G. Woodson
 
*Keith Butler
 
*Keith Butler
  

Revision as of 10:46, February 1, 2009

Black Republicans comprise about 1% of GOP voters, but include the Republican National Chairman Michael Steele, elected in 2009. Black Republicans support the Republican party for many reasons, including a belief that the Republican party supports conservative values, is pro-business, and had a positive role in ending slavery in the 1860s and supporting the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

Contemporary

Black Republicans of the past

References