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Did you know that a few well-known black women in American history were right-leaning or even part of the Republican Party?
Although black women overwhelmingly vote with the Democratic Party today, some of the giants on whose shoulders they stand held different political views.
On the first day of Black History Month, a time dedicated to reflecting on the accomplishments of blacks in America, we look at five powerhouse conservative black women who fought for equality and freedom for all people:
Former slave – Truth was born into slavery and bought and sold four times. She ran away with her infant to a nearby abolitionist family which bought her freedom for twenty dollars.
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN, Brooklyn (WABC) A home in Brooklyn linked to the Underground Railroad was granted landmark status Tuesday, the culmination of a decades-long battle we profiled last year during Black History Month.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission s decided to preserve 227 Duffield Street, the last remaining original structure on a block co-named Abolitionist Place due to several anti-slavery activists who lived there during the mid-1800s, as a historical landmark.
Since her time on the New York City Council, Attorney General Letitia James has worked to preserve this historic site. In 2007, she passed legislation to rename the block of Duffield Street Abolitionist Place and successfully stopped the city from tearing down the structure for new development.
This Week In Illinois History: Abolitionism Begins in Illinois (Feb. 1, 1833) (Feb. 1, 2021)
One hundred and eighty-eight years ago, Illinois’s nascent anti-slavery movement began to pick up steam. On Feb. 1, 1833, eleven men who shared a fierce loathing of America’s peculiar institution banded together and established the Putnam County Anti-Slavery Society, the first anti-slavery society in Illinois, and one of the first in the western United States.
Many white settlers of Putnam County came from eastern abolitionist stock. In the early 1830s, they sought new opportunities along the fertile Illinois River, in the Spring Valley region north of Peoria. Putnam County quickly became a hotbed of abolitionist activity.
I am posting a section of my book
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory! Racism, Religion, Ideology and Politics in the Civil War Era and their Continuing Importance regarding the actions of Southern Democrat Secessionists who had already split their party during the 1860 election because I think it is very relevant today.
Former and twice impeached President Donald Trump and his supporters attempted a coup by attacking Congress as it undertook its
Constitutional duty to officially count the votes of the
Electoral College.
The assault made under the direct order of the former President was brutal and led by White Nationalists, Neo-Nazis, armed self-proclaimed militias, and a host of Theocratic Christians whose Crosses and Flags were prominent in the attack. The Terrorists who attacked the Capitol almost captured former Vice President Mike Pence who they threatened to hang, even bringing a gallows to the Capitol lawn, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and many others. During the at
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