Wednesday - June 11, 2008
Today in GOP History
On this day in 1924, Henry Lincoln Johnson, a prominent African-American lawyer, led the Georgia delegation at the Republican National Convention. Read the rest at Grand Old Partisan.
Well, imagine that. A black man. From Georgia. In 1924, the height of the second Klan era. Who’da thunk it?
Michael Zak, author of Grand Old Partisan, also has a book out on the history of the GOP. I have a copy on order, and I’ll do a review once it gets here. But if you like where he’s going, you could order your own copy anyway ....
Part of the reason the Republican Party has lost it’s way is because they have forgotten who they are and where they came from. I’m hoping Zak’s book is a great reminder.
You can find out a bit more about Henry here, and about his wife, the rather famous poet Georgia Douglas Johnson, over here.
UPDATE: Even more history. Today is the day that Alabama Governor George Wallace, Democrat, in 1963, blocked the doorway to the University of Alabama to keep black students from registering. Thanks again to Grand Old Partisan for reminding us.
If you are too young to remember, or a product of government schools that neglected to tell you that Wallace was the Dixiest of Dixiecrat Democrats, here’s a link to more info.
Forty Five years ago today, Alabama Gov. George Wallace stood at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in a symbolic attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from enrolling at the school. The drama of the nation’s division over desegregation came sharply into focus that June day. NPR’s Debbie Elliott reports.
It was the same year that civil rights marchers had been turned back with police dogs and fire hoses in Birmingham, Ala. { ya’ll remember Democrat Bull Connor, don’cha?} The year began with Wallace vowing “segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever” in his inaugural speech.
So when a federal judge { Drew458 - Republican judge Johnson, whom we mentioned the other day } ordered Malone and Hood be admitted to the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa that summer, Wallace had the perfect opportunity to fulfill his pledge, Elliott reports.
the incident catapulted the governor into the national spotlight and he went on to make four runs at the presidency.
* that’s because they’ve seen the light and done been uplifted.
In October 1996, the George Wallace Family Foundation selected (Vivian Malone) Jones to be the first recipient of its Lurleen B. Wallace Award of Courage. Jet (28 October 1996) reported a meeting between Jones and Wallace in Montgomery prior to the ceremony, at which the former governor apologized. At the ceremony, Wallace said, “Vivian Malone Jones was at the center of the fight over states’ rights and conducted herself with grace, strength and, above all, courage.”
Wallace’s son, George Jr., later called Jones “a true American hero.”
So you can understand why they all went crazy when Obama got the nomination. Because it was all about the content of his character, not the color of his skin. Riiiiight. Guilt projection much?
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