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==Contemporary== | ==Contemporary== | ||
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Thomas Sowell]] (born 1930) |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Don King]] (born 1931) |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Colin Powell]] (born 1937) |
| − | *[[Clarence Thomas]] | + | *[[Clarence Thomas]] (born 1948) |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[J. Kenneth Blackwell]] (born 1948) |
| − | *[[J.C. Watts Jr]] | + | *[[Lynn Swann]] (born 1952) |
| − | * | + | *[[Condoleezza Rice]] (born 1954) |
| − | + | *[[J.C. Watts Jr]] (born 1957) | |
| − | + | *[[Michael S. Steele]] (born 1958) | |
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==Black Republicans of the past== | ==Black Republicans of the past== | ||
Revision as of 04:21, 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.
Contemporary
- Thomas Sowell (born 1930)
- Don King (born 1931)
- Colin Powell (born 1937)
- 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)
Black Republicans of the past
- Frederick Douglass
- Harriet Tubman
- Sojourner Truth
- George Washington Carver
- Jackie Robinson
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Booker T. Washington
- Blanche Bruce
- Hiram Rhodes Revels
- Edward William Brooke, III
- Alphonso Jackson
- Rod Paige
- Michael L. Williams
- Alveda C. King
- William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr.
- Joe Celestin
- Herman Cain
- Ida B. Wells
- Mary Terrell
- Carter G. Woodson
- Keith Butler