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*[[Michael S. Steele]] (born 1958) | *[[Michael S. Steele]] (born 1958) | ||
| − | + | *[[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) | |
| − | *[[Booker T. Washington]] | + | *[[Jackie Robinson]] (1919 – 1972) |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Edward Brooke|Edward William Brooke, III]] (born 1919) |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Sammy Davis Jr.]] (1925 – 1990) |
| − | *[[Edward Brooke|Edward William Brooke, III]] | + | *[[Rod Paige]] (born 1933) |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Alphonso Jackson]] (born 1945) |
| − | *[[Rod Paige]] | + | |
| − | *Michael L. Williams | + | *[[Michael L. Williams]] |
| − | *Alveda C. King | + | *[[Alveda C. King]] |
| − | *William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. | + | *[[William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr.]] |
| − | *Joe Celestin | + | *[[Joe Celestin]] |
| − | *Herman Cain | + | *[[Herman Cain]] |
| − | *Ida B. Wells | + | *[[Ida B. Wells]] |
| − | *Mary Terrell | + | *[[Mary Terrell]] |
| − | *Carter G. Woodson | + | *[[Carter G. Woodson]] |
| − | *Keith Butler | + | *[[Keith Butler]] |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 04:30, 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)
- 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)
- Rod Paige (born 1933)
- Alphonso Jackson (born 1945)
- Michael L. Williams
- Alveda C. King
- William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr.
- Joe Celestin
- Herman Cain
- Ida B. Wells
- Mary Terrell
- Carter G. Woodson
- Keith Butler