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Freedom Calendar 10/18/08 - 10/25/08
2008-10-19 02:34:00 October 18, 1871, After violence against Republicans in South Carolina, President Ulysses Grant deploys U.S. troops to combat Democrat terrorists who formed the Ku Klux Klan.October 19, 1956, On campaign trail, Vice President Richard Nixon vows: ?American boys and girls shall sit, side by side, at any school ? public or private ? with no regard paid to the color of their skin. Segregation, discrimination, and prejudice have no place in America?.October 20, 1942, 60 prominent African-Americans issue Durham Manifesto, calling on southern Democrats to abolish their all-white primaries.October 21, 1837, Birth of Sara Spencer, Secretary of National Woman Suffrage Association; her address to 1876 Republican National Convention was first by a woman before a major party.October 22, 1868, While campaigning for re-election, Republican U.S. Rep. James Hinds (R-AR) is assassinated by Democrat terrorists who organized as the Ku Klux Klan.October 23, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt nominates f...
Freedom Calendar 10/11/08 - 10/18/08
2008-10-12 01:21:00 October 11, 1972, Horacio Rivero, first Hispanic four-star Admiral, appointed by President Richard Nixon as U.S. Ambassador to Spain.October 12, 1813, Birth of Senator Lyman Trumbull (R-IL), author of Republican Party?s 13th Amendment banning slavery, and of Civil Rights Act of 1866 granting full citizenship to African-Americans.October 13, 1858, During Lincoln-Douglas debates, U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas (D-IL) states: ?I do not regard the Negro as my equal, and positively deny that he is my brother, or any kin to me whatever?; Douglas became Democratic Party?s 1860 presidential nominee.October 14, 1890, Birth of Dwight Eisenhower, who as President spearheaded Republican civil rights initiatives including 1957 and 1960 Civil Rights Acts; used federal troops, marshals, and Justice Dept. officials to force Democrat governors to desegregate public schools.October 15, 1914, African-American Republican James Weldon Johnson, celebrated poet of Harlem Renaissance movement, becomes editor...
Freedom Calendar 10/11/08 - 10/18/08
2008-10-12 01:20:00 October 11, 1972, Horacio Rivero, first Hispanic four-star Admiral, appointed by President Richard Nixon as U.S. Ambassador to Spain.October 12, 1813, Birth of Senator Lyman Trumbull (R-IL), author of Republican Party?s 13th Amendment banning slavery, and of Civil Rights Act of 1866 granting full citizenship to African-Americans.October 13, 1858, During Lincoln-Douglas debates, U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas (D-IL) states: ?I do not regard the Negro as my equal, and positively deny that he is my brother, or any kin to me whatever?; Douglas became Democratic Party?s 1860 presidential nominee.October 14, 1890, Birth of Dwight Eisenhower, who as President spearheaded Republican civil rights initiatives including 1957 and 1960 Civil Rights Acts; used federal troops, marshals, and Justice Dept. officials to force Democrat governors to desegregate public schools.October 15, 1914, African-American Republican James Weldon Johnson, celebrated poet of Harlem Renaissance movement, becomes editor...
Freedom Calendar 10/04/08 - 10/11/08
2008-10-05 04:06:00 October 4, 1954, Birth of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen, advocate for legal services to the poor; her nomination by President George W. Bush to U.S. Court of Appeals was blocked by Democrats in Senate.October 5, 1861, Death of Michigan anti-slavery activist Kinsley Bingham, elected in 1854 as nation?s first Republican Governor.October 6, 1914, Birth of women?s rights advocate Mary Louise Smith, elected Chair of the Republican National Committee in 1974.October 7, 1868, Republicans denounce Democratic Party?s national campaign theme: ?This is a white man?s country: Let white men rule?October 8, 1898 Republican Joseph Simon (R-OR) elected as first Jewish U.S. Senator outside the former Confederacy.October 9, 1886, Death of Rep. Benjamin Arnett (R-OH), first African-American to represent a majority white constituency in a state legislature 10 Columbus Day.October 10, 1871, Following warnings by Philadelphia Democrats against black voting, African-American Republican civil ...
Freedom Calendar 10/04/08 - 10/11/08
2008-10-05 04:06:00 October 4, 1954, Birth of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen, advocate for legal services to the poor; her nomination by President George W. Bush to U.S. Court of Appeals was blocked by Democrats in Senate.October 5, 1861, Death of Michigan anti-slavery activist Kinsley Bingham, elected in 1854 as nation?s first Republican Governor.October 6, 1914, Birth of women?s rights advocate Mary Louise Smith, elected Chair of the Republican National Committee in 1974.October 7, 1868, Republicans denounce Democratic Party?s national campaign theme: ?This is a white man?s country: Let white men rule?October 8, 1898 Republican Joseph Simon (R-OR) elected as first Jewish U.S. Senator outside the former Confederacy.October 9, 1886, Death of Rep. Benjamin Arnett (R-OH), first African-American to represent a majority white constituency in a state legislature 10 Columbus Day.October 10, 1871, Following warnings by Philadelphia Democrats against black voting, African-American Republican civil ...
Freedom Calendar 09/27/08 - 10/04/08
2008-09-28 03:07:00 September 27, 1804, Birth of anti-slavery U.S. Rep. and Lt. Governor John Goodrich, first Chairman of Massachusetts Republican Party.September 28, 1868, Democrats in Opelousas, Louisiana murder nearly 300 African-Americans who tried to prevent an assault against a Republican newspaper editor.September 29, 1963, Gov. George Wallace (D-AL) defies order by U.S. District Judge Frank Johnson, appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower, to integrate Tuskegee High School.September 30, 1953, Earl Warren, California?s three-term Republican Governor and 1948 Republican vice presidential nominee, nominated to be Chief Justice; wrote landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education.October 1, 1973, Richard Cavazos promoted by President Richard Nixon to be first Hispanic Brigadier General in U.S. Army; in 1982, President Ronald Reagan made him first Hispanic four?star General.October 2, 1983, President Ronald Ronald Reagan proclaims first Minority Enterprise Development Week.October 3, 1924, Repub...
Freedom Calendar 09/20/08 - 09/27/08
2008-09-21 03:29:00 September 20, 1876, Former state Attorney General Robert Ingersoll (R-IL) tells veterans: ?Every man that loved slavery better than liberty was a Democrat? I am a Republican because it is the only free party that ever existed?.September 21, 1872, Nominated by African-American U.S. Rep. Robert B. Elliott (R-SC), South Carolina?s James Conyers becomes first African-American midshipman at U.S. Naval Academy.September 22, 1862, Republican President Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation.September 23, 1816, Birth of U.S. Rep. and Secretary of State Elihu Washburne (R-IL), a founder of the Republican Party and early advocate for the civil rights of African-Americans.September 24, 1957, Sparking criticism from Democrats such as Senators John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, President Dwight Eisenhower deploys U.S. troops to Little Rock, AR to force Democrat Governor Orval Faubus to integrate public schools.September 25, 1981, Republican Sandra Day O? Connor, nominated by President Ron...
Freedom Calendar 07/26/08 - 08/02/08
2008-07-27 02:22:00 July 26, 1990, President George H. W. Bush signs Americans with Disabilities Act, world?s first comprehensive civil rights law for people with disabilities.July 27, 1960, At Republican National Convention, Vice President and eventual presidential nominee Richard Nixon insists on strong civil rights plank in platform.July 28, 1866, Republican Congress authorizes formation of the Buffalo Soldiers, two regiments of African-American cavalrymen.July 29, 1932, Birth of Nancy Kassebaum, U.S. Senator (R-KS) and daughter of 1936 Republican presidential nominee.July 30, 1866, Democrat-controlled City of New Orleans orders police to storm racially-integrated Republican meeting; raid kills 40 and wounds more than 150.July 31, 2000, African-American U.S. Rep. J. C. Watts (R-OK) presides over Republican National Convention in Philadelphia.August 1, 1916, Republican presidential candidate Charles Evans Hughes, former New York Governor and U.S. Supreme Court Justice, endorses women?s suffrage const...
Justice Earl Warren on social progress vs socialism
2008-05-14 05:28:00 Many people consider the things which government does for them to be social progress, but they consider the things government does for others to be socialism. That describes current attitudes perfectly, doesn't it? Still I must be aware the beam in my own eye while complaining over the mote in yours! (a beam being a board of wood and a mote being a mere speck.) Justice Earl Warren was born
Freedom Calendar 10/20/07 - 10/27/07
2007-10-21 02:36:00 October 20, 1942, 60 prominent African-Americans issue Durham Manifesto, calling on southern Democrats to abolish their all-white primaries.October 21, 1837, Birth of Sara Spencer, Secretary of National Woman Suffrage Association; her address to 1876 Republican National Convention was first by a woman before a major party.October 22, 1868, While campaigning for re-election, Republican U.S. Rep. James Hinds (R-AR) is assassinated by Democrat terrorists who organized as the Ku Klux Klan.October 23, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt nominates first Jewish Cabinet member, Republican Oscar Straus, as Secretary of Commerce and Labor.October 24, 1972, Death of Jackie Robinson, athlete and Republican civil rights activist.October 25, 1858, U.S. Senator William Seward (R-NY) describes Democratic Party as ?inextricably committed to the designs of the slaveholders?; as President Abraham Lincoln?s Secretary of State, helped draft Emancipation Proclamation.October 26, 1919, Birth of Republican ...
Freedom Calendar 10/13/07 - 10/20/07
2007-10-14 02:43:00 October 13, 1858, During Lincoln-Douglas debates, U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas (D-IL) states: ?I do not regard the Negro as my equal, and positively deny that he is my brother, or any kin to me whatever?; Douglas became Democratic Party?s 1860 presidential nominee.October 14, 1890, Birth of Dwight Eisenhower, who as President spearheaded Republican civil rights initiatives including 1957 and 1960 Civil Rights Acts; used federal troops, marshals, and Justice Dept. officials to force Democrat governors to desegregate public schools.October 15, 1914, African-American Republican James Weldon Johnson, celebrated poet of Harlem Renaissance movement, becomes editor of leading black journal, New York Age; served as Theodore Roosevelt?s Consul in Venezuela and Nicaragua.October 16, 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt invites Booker T. Washington to dine at White House, sparking protests by Democrats across the country.October 17, 1989, Appointed by President George H. W. Bush, Antonia Novello...
Freedom Calendar 10/06/07 - 10/13/07
2007-10-07 02:25:00 October 6, 1914, Birth of women?s rights advocate Mary Louise Smith, elected Chair of the Republican National Committee in 1974.October 7, 1868, Republicans denounce Democratic Party?s national campaign theme: ?This is a white man?s country: Let white men rule?October 8, 1898 Republican Joseph Simon (R-OR) elected as first Jewish U.S. Senator outside the former Confederacy.October 9, 1886, Death of Rep. Benjamin Arnett (R-OH), first African-American to represent a majority white constituency in a state legislature 10 Columbus Day.October 10, 1871, Following warnings by Philadelphia Democrats against black voting, African-American Republican civil rights activist Octavius Catto murdered by Democratic Party operative; his military funeral was attended by thousands.October 11, 1972, Horacio Rivero, first Hispanic four-star Admiral, appointed by President Richard Nixon as U.S. Ambassador to Spain.October 12, 1813, Birth of Senator Lyman Trumbull (R-IL), author of Republican Party?s 13th...
Freedom Calendar 09/29/07 - 10/06/07
2007-09-30 01:41:00 September 29, 1963, Gov. George Wallace (D-AL) defies order by U.S. District Judge Frank Johnson, appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower, to integrate Tuskegee High School.September 30, 1953, Earl Warren, California?s three-term Republican Governor and 1948 Republican vice presidential nominee, nominated to be Chief Justice; wrote landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education.October 1, 1973, Richard Cavazos promoted by President Richard Nixon to be first Hispanic Brigadier General in U.S. Army; in 1982, President Ronald Reagan made him first Hispanic four?star General.October 2, 1983, President Ronald Ronald Reagan proclaims first Minority Enterprise Development Week.October 3, 1924, Republicans denounce three-time Democrat presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan for defending the Ku Klux Klan at 1924 Democratic National Convention.October 4, 1954, Birth of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen, advocate for legal services to the poor; her nomination by President Geor...
Freedom Calendar 09/22/07 - 09/29/07
2007-09-23 02:25:00 September 22, 1862, Republican President Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation.September 23, 1816, Birth of U.S. Rep. and Secretary of State Elihu Washburne (R-IL), a founder of the Republican Party and early advocate for the civil rights of African-Americans.September 24, 1957, Sparking criticism from Democrats such as Senators John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, President Dwight Eisenhower deploys U.S. troops to Little Rock, AR to force Democrat Governor Orval Faubus to integrate public schools.September 25, 1981, Republican Sandra Day O? Connor, nominated by President Ronald Reagan, is sworn in as first woman to serve on U.S. Supreme Court.September 26, 1860, The Wide-Awakes, Republican campaign group, serenades abolitionists and suffragists Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to thank them for their support.September 27, 1804, Birth of anti-slavery U.S. Rep. and Lt. Governor John Goodrich, first Chairman of Massachusetts Republican Party.September 28, 1868, Democ...
Quote of the Day: Earl Warren
2007-08-14 05:13:00 “I’m very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. ‘Don’t complain about growing old - many, many people do not have that privilege.’” Earl Warren, Chief Justice US jurist & politician (1891 - 1974) |
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