White recession, Black depression: Let?s make racial inequality a piece of
2009-02-19 22:13:00 [From San Francisco Bay View] by Dedrick Muhammad and Michael Brown Nearly half of all Black children live beneath the poverty line ? a figure almost identical to that which existed on the day Martin Luther King was assassinated, and four times the average for western European countries. During this Black History Month, the nation and the world ...
By: News for Greens
White recession, Black depression: Let?s make racial inequality a piece of
2009-02-19 22:13:00 [From San Francisco Bay View] by Dedrick Muhammad and Michael Brown Nearly half of all Black children live beneath the poverty line ? a figure almost identical to that which existed on the day Martin Luther King was assassinated, and four times the average for western European countries. During this Black History Month, the nation and the world ...
By: News for Greens
Revoke National Holiday for Martin Luther King!
2009-01-22 14:04:00 -By Don Boys, Ph.D. I don?t have a major commitment to tell the world about Martin Luther King but about the King. So my time dealing with the MLK exposé is very limited; however, I do want to see his holiday revoked. And I do want to see Christian schools refuse to honor his day. Furthermore, ...
By: Publius Forum
Martin Luther King Jr Day
2009-01-20 03:25:00 For a little over half my life I've always marked this day by either listening to or reading King's "I Have a Dream" speech. It occurs to me that tomorrow will be proof positive that his dream not only lives but is thriving. Its a pity that neither he nor his wife (who I met once) are around to see this particular fruit of their labor.
By: Dyre Portents
Martin Luther King Jr Handmade Portrait
2009-01-19 23:28:00 Today is Martin Luther King Jr day and many are off from work and or school to pay tribute to the legacy left behind by this remarkable citizen of the world. I was perusing the Etsy blog (as i often do) and found a lovely handmade portrait print that beautifully captures the heart and soul ...
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968
2009-01-19 18:29:00 Today is Martin Luther King Day. He was born 80 years ago, on January 15th, 1929. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was just thirty-nine years old. Tomorrow, more than four decades after Dr. King?s death, Barack Obama will take his oath of office to become the ...
By: Today's Talk
Martin Luther King 1929-1968
2009-01-19 14:16:00 "Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it." Turning my thoughts to Martin Luther King: [Listen to] "I Have a Dream" speech - Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. [Listen to] "We Must Work" - Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. [Listen to] "We Shall Overcome" Jun 17 1966 – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
By: Iddybud Journal
Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 2009
2009-01-18 23:12:00 A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America In Focus: African-American HistoryOn the Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, we recognize one of history's most consequential advocates for equality and civil rights, and we celebrate his powerful message of justice and hope. Our Nation is better because Dr. King was a man of courage and vision who understood that love and compassion will always triumph over bitterness and hatred.As Americans, we believe it is self-evident that all men are created equal and that freedom is not a grant of government but a gift from the Author of Life. Dr. King trusted in these beliefs articulated in our founding documents even when our country's practices did not live up to its promises. He roused the conscience of a complacent Nation by drawing attention to the ugliness of discrimination and segregation and by calling on Americans to live up to our guarantee of equality.Our Nation has seen tremendous progress in redeeming the id...
Barack Obama Inauguration Set For Day After Martin Luther King Jr. Day
2009-01-16 01:28:00 Martin Luther King Jr. Was born on January 5, 1929. A wonderful pioneer, more than a pioneer a blessing on all mankind. He has done more for America in his time then most people living in our great nation could ever claim. I for one am not a hater, racist, bigot none of it. I ...
A man without borders - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
2009-01-15 18:24:00 Before I could write my own post about Martin Luther King Jr, Deb S has written a wonderful tribute for this wonderful person. That is good because I can?t give a neutral opinion about this gentleman. Reason: I like him and his ideas.Read about this man without borders here.
By: Light Within
Martin Luther King Was a Thief!
2009-01-14 13:46:00 -By Don Boys, Ph.D. One of the easiest charges to prove against King is that he stole much of his material from the time he was 15 years old! King preached his first sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church but it was taken from Harry Emerson Fosdick?s ?Life is What You Make it.? You will note that ...
By: Publius Forum
Martin Luther King was an Admitted Adulterer!
2009-01-11 13:40:00 -By Don Boys, Ph.D. Martin Luther King had many affairs with women in his own church and city, but was better known to use white and black prostitutes and pay them with SCLC tax-exempt funds! David J. Garrow is a well-known leftist author and revealed to USA Today King?s justification for his sexual immorality: ?He [King] explained ...
By: Publius Forum
Freedom Calendar 01/03/09 - 01/10/09
2009-01-04 02:59:00 January 3, 1933, Republican Minnie Davenport Craig (R-ND) elected as first woman to be Speaker of the House in a state legislature.January 4, 1995, Speaker Newt Gingrich appoints Republican Cheryl Lau first Asian-American woman to serve as General Counsel of U.S. House; Republican Robin Carle becomes first woman elected Clerk of U.S. House.January 5, 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt nominates African-American physician William D. Crum as Collector of Customs, over racist objections from Senate Democrats.January 6, 1874, African-American U.S. Rep. Robert B. Elliott (R-SC) delivers eloquent hour-long speech supporting Republicans? civil rights bill.January 7, 1922, Death of Republican Jonah Kalanianaole, native Hawaiian who served as Delegate in U.S. Congress for 19 years.January 8, 1867, Republicans override Democrat President Andrew Johnson?s veto of law granting voting rights to African-Americans in D.C.January 9, 1890, Death of abolitionist and U.S. Rep. William Kelley (R-PA), o...
Freedom Calendar 12/27/08 - 01/03/09
2008-12-28 03:30:00 December 27, 1910, Birth of African-American physician Aris Allen, Chairman of Maryland Republican Party and Secretary of 1980 Republican National Convention.December 28, 1973, Banned Russian author and human rights activist Alexander Solzhenitsyn publishes Gulag Archipelago; President Ronald Reagan would quote his undelivered Nobel acceptance speech in national TV address to Soviet Union.December 29, 1930, Death of Walter Cohen, African-American Republican from New Orleans; served in McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, and Coolidge administrations.December 30, 1842, Birth of Republican U.S. Rep. Josiah Walls, who in 1871 became Florida?s first African-American in Congress.December 31, 1898, Republican Theodore Roosevelt becomes Governor of New York; in 1900, he outlawed racial segregation in New York public schools.January 1, 1863, Emancipation Proclamation, implementing the Republicans? Confiscation Act of 1862, takes effect.January 2, 1895, Republicans Clara Cressingham, Carrie C. Holl...
Freedom Calendar 12/20/08 - 12/27/08
2008-12-21 03:26:00 December 20, 2000, California Republican Ann Veneman nominated as first woman to be U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.December 21, 1981, President Ronald Reagan establishes Task Force on Legal Equality for Women.December 22, 1870, African-American Republican Jefferson Long becomes U.S. Representative from Georgia.December 23, 1815, Civil rights activist and Republican diplomat Henry Garnet born into slavery in Maryland; first African-American to address U.S. Senate (1865).December 24, 1833, Birth of African-American Republican Joseph Corbin, Arkansas Superintendent of Education (1873-74)Christmas Day December 25, 1804, Birth of U.S. Rep. George Ashmun (R-MA), anti-slavery activist and Chairman of 1860 Republican National Convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln.December 26, 1939, Birth of former U.S. Rep. Lynn Martin (R-IL), who as Vice Chair of the Republican Conference was the first Republican woman in a congressional leadership position; later served as Secretary of Labor in the ad...
Freedom Calendar 12/13/08 - 12/20/08
2008-12-14 03:46:00 December 13, 2001, ?No Child Left Behind? Act to improve public education for all children passes House; signed into law by President George W. Bush.December 14, 1829, Birth of African-American Republican John Langston; served as diplomat in four Republican administrations, and in U.S. House (R-VA).December 15, 2000, President-elect George W. Bush nominates Colin Powell as first African-American Secretary of State.December 16, 2003, President George W. Bush signs law creating National Museum of African American History and Culture.December 17, 2000, Republican Alberto Gonzales named as first Hispanic to serve as White House Counsel by President George W. Bush.December 18, 1852, Birth of Republican U.S. Rep. George White (R-NC), last former slave to serve in Congress; authored bill to make lynching a federal crime.December 19, 1820, Birth of Republican activist Mary Livermore, organizer of Women?s Suffrage Convention in 1868.December 20, 2000, California Republican Ann Veneman nomina...
Freedom Calendar 12/06/08 - 12/13/08
2008-12-13 09:28:00 December 6, 1865, Republican Party?s 13th Amendment, banning slavery, is ratified.December 7, 1928, Republican Octaviano Larrazolo of New Mexico becomes first Hispanic to serve in U.S. Senate.December 8, 1953, Eisenhower administration Asst. Attorney General Lee Rankin argues for plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education; 1924 Democratic presidential candidate John W. Davis argues in favor of ?separate but equal?.December 9, 1872, Republican Pinckney Pinchback (R-LA) becomes nation?s first African-American governor.December 10, 1869, Republican Gov. John Campbell of Wyoming Territory signs first-in-nation law granting women right to vote and to hold public office.December 11, 1895, African-American Republican and former U.S. Rep. Thomas Miller (R-SC) denounces new state constitution written to disenfranchise African-Americans.December 12, 2003, President George W. Bush nominates African-American Alphonso Jackson as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.December 13, 2001, ?...
Freedom Calendar 11/28/08 - 12/06/08
2008-12-13 09:28:00 November 29, 1935, Death of African-American U.S. Rep. Henry Cheatham (R-NC), who served as delegate to two Republican National Conventions.November 30, 1983, Clarence Pendleton completes first term as first African-American Chairman of U.S. Civil Rights Commission; appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.December 1, 1873, African-American Republican Alonzo Ransier, former South Carolina Republican Party Chairman and Lt. Governor, sworn in as U.S. Representative (R-SC).December 2, 1863, Phillip Reid, former slave set free by Republicans? 1862 D.C. Emancipation Act, watches his statue Freedom placed atop U.S. Capitol.December 3, 2002, Jewish Republican Linda Lingle (R-HI) inaugurated as state?s first woman governor.December 4, 1886, Death of Republican George Ruffin, first African-American graduate of Harvard Law School and first African-American state judge in the North 5December 5, 2000, Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) becomes first woman elected to U.S. Senate Leadership.December...
Freedom Calendar 11/15/08 - 11/22/08
2008-11-16 01:32:00 November 15, 1983, President Ronald Reagan?s nominee to Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Susan Meredith Phillips, confirmed as first woman to serve as Chairman.November 16, 1948, Death of California Republican Florence Kahn, first Jewish woman to serve in U.S. House of Representatives, 1925-37.November 17, 2003, First generation immigrant, Austrian-American Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, sworn in as Governor of California.November 18, 1872, Susan B. Anthony arrested for voting, after boasting to Elizabeth Cady Stanton that she voted for 'the Republican ticket, straight'November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address, calling for 'a new birth of freedom.'November 20, 1953, Birth of Matt Fong, Chinese-American Republican elected Treasurer of California in 1994; Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in 1998.November 21, 1991, President George H. W. Bush signs Civil Rights Act of 1991 to strengthen federal civil rights legislation.November 22, 1865, R...
Freedom Calendar 11/08/08 - 11/15/08
2008-11-09 01:51:00 November 8, 1840, Birth of Judith Ellen Foster; addressing the 1892 Republican National Convention, she declared: ?We are here to help you, and we have come to stay.November 9, 1938, Republican Gladys Pyle becomes first woman elected to U.S. Senate from South Dakota; earlier had been first woman elected to constitutional office (Secretary of State) and to state legislature.November 10, 1829, Birth of Charles Mitchell, who with fellow Massachusetts Republican Edward Walker became one of nation?s first two African-American state legislators in 1866.November 11, 1880, Death of abolitionist, suffragist and Republican activist Lucretia Mott.November 12, 2001, President George W. Bush proclaims National American Indian Heritage Month.November 13, 2002, U.S. Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-OH) elected as Chair of House Republican Conference; she is highest-ranking woman in House majority leadership in U.S. history.November 14, 1824, Birth of U.S. Rep. James Ashley (R-OH), author of constitutional am...
Cara de Raja, Bruno Philippi citó a Martin Luther King en cena aniversario
2008-11-06 04:00:00 Cara de Raja, Bruno Philippi citó a Martin Luther King en cena aniversario de SOFOFA. “La verdadera medida de un hombre no esta dada en tiempos de confort y comodidad, sino en tiempos de desafío y controversia. Esta afirmación de Martin Luther King resume la responsabilidad que tenemos por delante“, dijo el presidente del empresariado. ...
By: La Página
Freedom Calendar 11/01/08 - 11/08/08
2008-11-02 01:19:00 November 1, 1879, Death of U.S. Senator Zachariah Chandler (R-MI), Underground Railroad conductor and co-founder of the Republican Party.November 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan makes Martin Luther King?s birthday a national holiday.November 3, 1868, Republican Ulysses Grant defeats Democrat Horatio Seymour in presidential election; Seymour had denounced Emancipation Proclamation.November 4, 1986, Republican Kay Orr of Nebraska elected as state?s first woman governor; also first woman to defeat another woman in a gubernatorial race.November 5, 2002, Michael Steele, former Chairman of Maryland Republican Party, elected as first African-American Lt. Governor in state history.November 6, 1956, African-American civil rights leaders Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy vote for Republican Dwight Eisenhower for President.November 7, 1916, Jeannette Rankin, Republican from Montana, becomes first woman elected to U.S. House of Representatives.November 8, 1840, Birth of Judith Ellen Foste...
Freedom Calendar 10/25/08 - 11/01/08
2008-10-26 01:26:00 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 Senator Edward Brooke (R-MA), who in 1967 became first African-American elected to U.S. Senate by popular vote.October 27, 1800 Birth of U.S. Senator Benjamin Wade (R-OH), author of 1862 law banning slavery in all U.S. territories.October 28, 1842, Birth of Republican suffragist and abolitionist Anna Dickinson, ?Joan of Arc of the Union cause,? whose campaign speeches in many states contributed to victories of Republican candidates.October 29, 1864, African-American abolitionist Sojourner Truth says of President Lincoln: ?I never was treated by anyone with more kindness and cordiality than were shown to me by that great and good man?.October 30, 1829, Birth of civil rights champion and U.S. Senator Roscoe Conkling (...
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 09/13/08 - 09/20/08
2008-09-14 03:06:00 September 13, 1988, President Ronald Reagan proclaims first National Hispanic Heritage Week.September 14, 1874, Democrat white supremacists seize Louisiana statehouse in attempt to overthrow racially-integrated administration of Republican Governor William Kellogg; 27 killed.September 15, 1981, President Ronald Reagan establishes the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, to increase African-American participation in federal education programs.September 16, 1949, Death of African-American Republican and women?s rights activist Hallie Quinn Brown, instrumental in rallying women of all races to support Republican candidates.September 17, 1971, Former Ku Klux Klan member and Democrat U.S. Senator Hugo Black (D-AL) retires from U.S. Supreme Court; appointed by FDR in 1937, he had defended Klansmen for racial murders.September 18, 1895, Republican civil rights activist Booker T. Washington tells white audience in Atlanta: ?There is no defense or security ...
Freedom Calendar 08/30/08 - 09/06/08
2008-09-07 00:58:00 August 30, 1890, Republican President Benjamin Harrison signs legislation by U.S. Senator Justin Morrill (R-VT) making African-Americans eligible for land-grant colleges in the South.August 31, 1823, Birth of Speaker of the House Galusha Grow (R-PA); secured passage of Homestead Act, providing free land to settlers and ending plans of Democrats to open western lands to slave plantations.September 1, 1975, Gen. Daniel James receives fourth star from Republican President Gerald Ford; first African-American to hold that rank in U.S. Air Force.September 2, 1910, Administration of Republican George Alexander, Mayor of Los Angeles, makes Alice Wells first woman police officer in America.September 3, 1868, 25 African-Americans in Georgia legislature, all Republicans, expelled by Democrat majority; later reinstated by Republican Congress.September 4, 2001, Republican U.S. Senate selects Alfonso Lenhardt as first African-American Sergeant at Arms.September 5, 1883, After reforms implemented ...
Freedom Calendar 08/30/08 - 09/06/08
2008-08-31 03:58:00 August 30, 1890, Republican President Benjamin Harrison signs legislation by U.S. Senator Justin Morrill (R-VT) making African-Americans eligible for land-grant colleges in the South.August 31, 1823, Birth of Speaker of the House Galusha Grow (R-PA); secured passage of Homestead Act, providing free land to settlers and ending plans of Democrats to open western lands to slave plantations.September 1, 1975, Gen. Daniel James receives fourth star from Republican President Gerald Ford; first African-American to hold that rank in U.S. Air Force.September 2, 1910, Administration of Republican George Alexander, Mayor of Los Angeles, makes Alice Wells first woman police officer in America.September 3, 1868, 25 African-Americans in Georgia legislature, all Republicans, expelled by Democrat majority; later reinstated by Republican Congress.September 4, 2001, Republican U.S. Senate selects Alfonso Lenhardt as first African-American Sergeant at Arms.September 5, 1883, After reforms implemented ...
Obama, Martin Luther King, and Jackie Robinson
2008-08-28 15:05:00 As much of the world -- or, at the least the free world -- knows, Barack Obama has now accepted the Democratic Nomination to officially run for president.It goes without saying that his nomination is nothing short of a watershed moment in American history, and could perhaps not only change the perception of race and race relations in the United States -- but also the nation's profile on the global front.This morning after scouring the New York Times, Washington Post, and CNN Online, I navigate to the Baltimore Sun and read a wonderful and insightful piece by columnist David Steele titled, "Robinson to King to Obama, A Combination For Progress", and found this to be real interesting:Today's date, Aug.28, links two epic moments in American history and in the progress of African-Americans in this country: The Rev.Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington in 1963 and Barack Obama's speech accepting the Democratic nomination for president tonight. Th...
By: The Oriole Post
Freedom Calendar 08/09/08 - 08/16/08
2008-08-10 04:33:00 August 9, 1988, Lauro Cavazos, first Hispanic to serve in Cabinet, nominated by President Ronald Reagan to be Secretary of Education.August 10, 1988, President Ronald Reagan signs Civil Liberties Act of 1988, compensating Japanese-Americans for deprivation of civil rights and property during World War II internment ordered by FDR.August 11, 1868, Death of U.S. Rep. Thaddeus Stevens (R-PA), who introduced 14th Amendment; requested burial in a racially-integrated cemetery, with epitaph 'Equality of Man before his Creator'.August 12, 1982,Hispanic Republican Faith Evans, first woman in nation to serve as U.S. Marshal, sworn in following appointment by President Ronald Reagan.August 13, 1818, Birth of Lucy Stone, Republican anti-slavery and women?s rights activist; founder of American Woman Suffrage Association in 1869.August 14, 1996, Pacific Research Institute President Sally Pipes, addressing Republican National Convention on future of civil rights movement, calls for government wh...
Freedom Calendar 08/02/08 - 08/09/08
2008-08-03 01:49:00 August 2, 1810, Birth of anti-slavery activist and New Hampshire U.S. Rep. Amos Tuck, co-founder of the Republican Party.August 3, 1990 President George, H. W. Bush declares first National American Indian Heritage Month.August 4, 1965, Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) overcomes Democrat attempts to block 1965 Voting Rights Act; 94% of Senate Republicans vote for landmark civil right legislation, while 27% of Democrats oppose.August 5, 1964, Hispanic-American Republican Lt. Everett Alvarez, USN, is shot down in Vietnam; becomes first U.S. prisoner of North Vietnamese and longest-serving POW in U.S. history.August 6, 1965, Voting Rights Act of 1965, abolishing literacy tests and other measures devised by Democrats to prevent African-Americans from voting, signed into law; higher percentage of Republicans than Democrats vote in favor.August 7, 1917, Birth of African-American Republican Melvin Evans, first elected Governor of Virgin Islands; also served as Delegate to Con...
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...
Obama talks like Martin Luther King but votes like Bush
Bush
2008-07-25 23:15:00 “Obama talks like Martin Luther King but votes like Bush.”- Matt Gonzalez OBAMA’S VOTING RECORD 1/06/05: Obama voted for Bush’s Ohio electors. Roll Call 1 1/26/05: Obama voted to confirm Condoleezza Rice for Secretary of State. Roll call 2 2/01/05: Obama was part of a unanimous consent agreement not to filibuster the nomination of lawless torturer Alberto Gonzales as chief law enforcement ...
Freedom Calendar 07/19/08 - 07/26/08
2008-07-19 19:27:00 July 19, 1867, Republican Congress overrides Democrat President Andrew Johnson?s veto of legislation protecting voting rights of African-Americans.July 20, 1854, Anti-slavery activists in Worcester, MA found Massachusetts Republican Party.July 21, 1896 African-American Republican activist Mary Terrell elected first president of the National Association of Colored Women.July 22, 1993, Death of Roscoe Robinson, first African-American four-star general in the U.S. Army; promoted in 1982 by President Ronald Reagan.July 23, 1840, Birth of African-American Republican John Hyman; sold eight times as a slave, became U.S. Rep. from North Carolina (1875-77).July 24, 1867, Republican Party established in South Carolina; at convention, 76 of 124 delegates were African-American.July 25, 2001, California Republican Gaddi Vasquez nominated by President George W. Bush as first Hispanic to be Director of the Peace Corps.July 26, 1990, President George H. W. Bush signs Americans with Disabilities Act...
Freedom Calendar 07/12/08 - 07/19/08
2008-07-12 20:54:00 July 12, 1974, Republican National Chairman George H. W. Bush establishes Republican National Hispanic Assembly.July 13, 1868, Louisiana Republican Oscar Dunn, a former slave, becomes nation?s first African-American Lt. Governor.July 14, 1884, Republicans criticize Democratic Party?s nomination of racist U.S. Senator Thomas Hendricks (D-IN) for vice president; he had voted against the 13th Amendment banning slavery.July 15, 1980, NAACP President Benjamin Hooks addresses Republican National Convention; previously appointed by President Richard Nixon in 1972 as first African-American member of U.S. Civil Rights CommissionJuly 16, 1866, Republican Congress overrides Democrat President Andrew Johnson?s veto of Freedman's Bureau Act, which protected former slaves from ?black codes? denying their rights.July 17, 1862, Over unanimous Democrat opposition, Republican Congress passes Confiscation Act stating that slaves of the Confederacy 'shall be forever free'.July 18, 1906, Birth of Asi...
Freedom Calendar 07/05/08 - 07/12/08
2008-07-05 20:18:00 July 5, 1801, Birth of David Farragut, Tennessee-born Hispanic appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as first U.S. Navy Admiral.July 6, 1854, First state Republican Party officially organized in Jackson, Michigan, to oppose Democrats? pro-slavery policies.July 7, 1981, President Ronald Reagan appoints first woman to U.S. Supreme Court, former Arizona Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O?Connor; as Republican legislator in Arizona, she was first woman to serve as Majority Leader in any state.July 8, 1970, In special message to Congress, President Richard Nixon calls for reversal of policy of forced termination of Native American rights and benefits.July 9, 1955, Republican attorney E. Frederic Morrow becomes first African-American executive in White House; served as advisor to President Dwight Eisenhower.July 10, 1805, Birth of U.S. Senator Jacob Howard (R-MI), co-author of the 14th Amendment; wrote first state Republican Party platform, condemning Democrats? pro-slavery policies.July...
Freedom Calendar 06/21/08 - 06/28/08
2008-06-21 18:35:00 June 21, 1832, Birth of U.S. Rep. Joseph Rainey (R-SC), former slave who in 1870 became first African-American member of U.S. House.June 22, 1870, Republican Congress creates U.S. Department of Justice, to safeguard the civil rights of African-Americans against Democrats in the South.June 23, 1958, President Dwight Eisenhower meets with Martin Luther King and other African-American leaders to discuss plans to advance civil rights.June 24, 1940, Republican Party platform calls for integration of the armed forces; for the balance of his terms in office, FDR fails to order itJune 25, 1996, Death of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Elbert Tuttle, appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower; eulogized for ensuring that Brown v. Board of Education became ?a broad mandate for racial justice?.June 26, 1857, Abraham Lincoln declares Republican position that slavery is ?cruelly wrong,? while Democrats ?cultivate and excite hatred? for blacks.June 27, 1940, Charles Anderson (R-KY), first African-Ameri...
Freedom Calendar 06/14/08 - 06/21/08
2008-06-14 20:06:00 June 14, 1877, Nominated by U.S. Rep. James Freeman (R-GA), Henry O. Flipper becomes first African-American to graduate from West Point.June 15, 1864 Republican Congress votes equal pay for African-American troops serving in U.S. Army during Civil War.June 16, 1854, Newspaper editor Horace Greeley calls on opponents of slavery to unite in the Republican Party.June 17, 1856, Republican National Convention makes John C. Fremont its first Republican presidential nominee, with slogan 'Free soil, free labor, free speech, and Fremont'.June 18, 1912, African-American Robert Church, founder of Lincoln Leagues to register black voters in Tennessee, attends 1912 Republican National Convention as delegate; eventually serves as delegate at 8 conventions.June 19, 1865, On ?Juneteenth,? U.S. troops land in Galveston, TX to enforce ban on slavery that had been declared more than two years before by the Emancipation Proclamation.June 20, 1964, The Chicago Defender, renowned African-American newsp...
Freedom Calendar 05/24/08 - 05/31/08
2008-05-25 03:08:00 May 24, 1900, Republicans vote no in referendum for constitutional convention in Virginia, designed to create a new state constitution disenfranchising African-Americans.May 25, 1928, Republican Genevieve Cline becomes first woman in nation to serve as federal judge; appointed to U.S. Customs Court by President Calvin Coolidge.May 26, 2001, African-American Claude Allen, nominated by President George W. Bush, is confirmed as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services.May 27, 1987, Vietnamese-American cadet Hoang Nhu Tran, former boat person, graduates as valedictorian from U.S. Air Force Academy; nominated by U.S. Senator Bill Armstrong (R-CO).May 28, 1930, Birth of U.S. Rep. Patricia Saiki (R-HI), first Asian-American to lead a federal agency; appointed head of U.S. Small Business Administration by President George H. W. Bush.May 29, 1902, Virginia Democrats implement new state constitution, condemned by Republicans as illegal, reducing African-American voter registration b...
Freedom Calendar 05/10/08 - 05/17/08
2008-05-11 04:19:00 May 10, 1866, U.S. House passes Republicans? 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the laws to all citizens; 100% of Democrats vote no.May 11, 1949, Birth of African-American Republican and sharecropper?s daughter Janice Rogers Brown, nominated by President George W. Bush as Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals.May 12, 1850, Birth of U.S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA), whose 1890 Federal Elections Bill enforcing African-American voting rights passed House on party-line vote but was defeated in Senate by a Democrat filibuster.May 13, 1983, President Ronald Reagan designates first national observance of American Indian Day.May 14, 1971, Republican Senators Jacob Javits (NY) and Charles Percy (IL) appoint the first female pages in U.S. Senate.May 15, 1999, Death of Judge John Minor Wisdom of U.S. Court of Appeals, renowned author of landmark civil rights decisions; appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower to key Fifth Circuit covering Southern states.May 16, ...
Freedom Calendar 05/10/08 - 05/17/08
2008-05-11 04:19:00 May 10, 1866, U.S. House passes Republicans? 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the laws to all citizens; 100% of Democrats vote no.May 11, 1949, Birth of African-American Republican and sharecropper?s daughter Janice Rogers Brown, nominated by President George W. Bush as Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals.May 12, 1850, Birth of U.S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA), whose 1890 Federal Elections Bill enforcing African-American voting rights passed House on party-line vote but was defeated in Senate by a Democrat filibuster.May 13, 1983, President Ronald Reagan designates first national observance of American Indian Day.May 14, 1971, Republican Senators Jacob Javits (NY) and Charles Percy (IL) appoint the first female pages in U.S. Senate.May 15, 1999, Death of Judge John Minor Wisdom of U.S. Court of Appeals, renowned author of landmark civil rights decisions; appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower to key Fifth Circuit covering Southern states.May 16, ...
Freedom Calendar 05/03/08 - 05/10/08
2008-05-04 03:48:00 May 3, 1876, Birth of Isaac Leevy, South Carolina African-American Republican who established Lincoln Emancipation Clubs in 1940s to enable African-Americans to vote.May 4, 1961 - American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South. sponsored by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) CORE was co-founded in Chicago in 1942 by James L. Farmer, Jr. In 1968 Farmer ran for U.S. Congress as a Republican and lost to Democrat Shirley Chisholm. However his defeat was not total; the recently elected Republican President, Richard Nixon, offered him the position of Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.May 5, 1983, Hispanic Republican Patricia Diaz Dennis appointed by President Ronald Reagan as first Hispanic woman on National Labor Relations Board; later served as FCC Commissioner under Reagan and as Regent of Texas State University under Gov. George W. Bush.May 6, 1960, President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republicans? Civil Rights Act of 1960,...
Freedom Calendar 05/03/08 - 05/10/08
2008-05-04 03:41:00 May 3, 1876, Birth of Isaac Leevy, South Carolina African-American Republican who established Lincoln Emancipation Clubs in 1940s to enable African-Americans to vote.May 4, 1961 - American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South. sponsored by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) CORE was co-founded in Chicago in 1942 by James L. Farmer, Jr. In 1968 Farmer ran for U.S. Congress as a Republican and lost to Democrat Shirley Chisholm. However his defeat was not total; the recently elected Republican President, Richard Nixon, offered him the position of Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.May 5, 1983, Hispanic Republican Patricia Diaz Dennis appointed by President Ronald Reagan as first Hispanic woman on National Labor Relations Board; later served as FCC Commissioner under Reagan and as Regent of Texas State University under Gov. George W. Bush.May 6, 1960, President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republicans? Civil Rights Act of 1960,...
Freedom Calendar 04/26/08 - 05/03/08
2008-04-27 03:33:00 April 26, 1999, Legislation authored by U.S. Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI) awarding Congressional Gold Medal to civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks is transmitted to President.April 27, 1822, Birth of Republican President Ulysses Grant; championed and enforced Republican legislation to safeguard civil rights of African-Americans.April 28, 1971, Rear Admiral Samuel Lee Gravely becomes first African-American to achieve Flag Rank in U.S. Navy, promoted by President Richard Nixon.April 29, 1877, Death of Republican Gov. William Brownlow, who led fight for Tennessee?s ratification of 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the laws.April 30, 1862, African-American Republicans in New Orleans establish L?Union, first African-American newspaper in South.May 1, 1981, President Ronald Reagan proclaims first Jewish Heritage Week.May 2, 1963, Republicans condemn Democrat sheriff of Birmingham, AL for arresting over 2,000 African-American schoolchildren marching for their ci...
Freedom Calendar 04/19/08 - 04/26/08
2008-04-20 02:51:00 April 19, 1866, Thousands assemble in Washington, DC to celebrate Republican Party?s abolition of slavery.April 20, 1871, Republican Congress enacts the Ku Klux Klan Act, outlawing Democratic Party-affiliated terrorist groups which oppressed African-Americans.April 21, 1926, Death of George Murray, former slave who served as U.S. Rep. (R-SC) from 1893-97.April 22, 1981, President Ronald Reagan establishes first annual Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust.April 23, 1971, Republican appointee Herbert Choy becomes first Asian-American federal judge, named by President Richard Nixon to U.S. Court of Appeals.April 24, 1974, James M. Rogers, Jr. is first African-American selected National Teacher of the Year, by President Richard Nixon.April 25, 1975, Appointed by President Gerald Ford, Dick Yin Wong becomes first Asian-American to serve as judge on a U.S. District Court.April 26, 1999, Legislation authored by U.S. Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI) awarding Congressional Gold Meda...
Mavis Staples hopes Barack Obama will finish what Martin Luther King starte
2008-04-15 00:00:00 The jazz writer Stanley Crouch once described the sound of the Staple Singers as "joy and thunder". From the 50s, the family group, led by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, married a rumbling gospel with soul and blues and politics, creating hits such as I'll Take You There and Respect Yourself. Today, ...
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