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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. | '''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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*[[Sojourner Truth]] (c. 1797 – 1883) | *[[Sojourner Truth]] (c. 1797 – 1883) | ||
*[[Frederick Douglass]] (c. 1818 – 1895) | *[[Frederick Douglass]] (c. 1818 – 1895) | ||
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*[[Edward Brooke|Edward William Brooke, III]] (born 1919) | *[[Edward Brooke|Edward William Brooke, III]] (born 1919) | ||
*[[Sammy Davis Jr.]] (1925 – 1990) | *[[Sammy Davis Jr.]] (1925 – 1990) | ||
| + | *[[Thomas Sowell]] (born 1930) | ||
| + | *[[Don King]] (born 1931) | ||
*[[Rod Paige]] (born 1933) | *[[Rod Paige]] (born 1933) | ||
| + | *[[Colin Powell]] (born 1937) | ||
*[[Alphonso Jackson]] (born 1945) | *[[Alphonso Jackson]] (born 1945) | ||
| + | *[[Clarence Thomas]] (born 1948) | ||
| + | *[[J. Kenneth Blackwell]] (born 1948) | ||
| + | *[[Lynn Swann]] (born 1952) | ||
| + | *[[Condoleezza Rice]] (born 1954) | ||
| + | *[[J.C. Watts Jr]] (born 1957) | ||
| + | *[[Michael S. Steele]] (born 1958) | ||
*[[Michael L. Williams]] | *[[Michael L. Williams]] | ||
Revision as of 04:33, October 20, 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.
In order of birthdate
- Sojourner Truth (c. 1797 – 1883)
- Frederick Douglass (c. 1818 – 1895)
- Harriet Tubman (c. 1822 – 1913)
- Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827 – 1901)
- Blanche Bruce (1841 – 1898)
- Booker T. Washington (1856 – 1915)
- George Washington Carver (1864 – 1943)
- Jackie Robinson (1919 – 1972)
- Edward William Brooke, III (born 1919)
- Sammy Davis Jr. (1925 – 1990)
- Thomas Sowell (born 1930)
- Don King (born 1931)
- Rod Paige (born 1933)
- Colin Powell (born 1937)
- Alphonso Jackson (born 1945)
- Clarence Thomas (born 1948)
- J. Kenneth Blackwell (born 1948)
- Lynn Swann (born 1952)
- Condoleezza Rice (born 1954)
- J.C. Watts Jr (born 1957)
- Michael S. Steele (born 1958)
- Michael L. Williams
- Alveda C. King
- William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr.
- Joe Celestin
- Herman Cain
- Ida B. Wells
- Mary Terrell
- Carter G. Woodson
- Keith Butler