History of a Party

  I recently took a look into the Republican Party to find out why most Minorities believe they are racist and anti-minority.  This is what I found.


The Republican party was formed in opposition of slavery  in 1854   http://www.ushistory.org/gop/origins.htm

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Republican Abraham Lincoln in 1863  http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=34

Radical Republicans against slavery formed  the American Society of Anti-Slavery in  1833  http://www.teachushistory.org/second-great-awakening-age-reform/articles/historical-background-antislavery

The 13th Amendment:  The Abolition of Slavery  was passed through Congress mostly from Republicans and passed in 1865  http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=40

Territorial Suffrage Act  introduced by Republicans and finally passed in 1867  http://www.blackpast.org/?q=primarywest/territorial-suffrage-act-1867

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 Introduced by Republicans  http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866.aspx

The 14th Amendment:  Equal Protection to All  passed by Republicans in 1868  http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/July-August-08/On-this-Day--Fourteenth-Amendment-Ratified-.html

The 15th Amendment:  Voting Rights Act (for Black Men) ratified & passed by Republicans  in 1870 http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/15thamendment.html

First Ku Klux Klan Act (Civil Rights Act of 1870) passed  by Republicans  http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1875.aspx

Second Ku Klux Klan Act (Civil Rights Act of 1871) passed by Republicans  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/grant-kkk/

Third Ku Klux Klan Act (Civil Rights Act of 1871) passed by Republicans  http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ku-klux-act-passed-by-congress

Republican Party Platform of 1872  First to Introduce reference to Women's Suffrage  http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29623

Civil Rights Act of 1875 passed by Republicans  http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/brown-v-board/timeline.html

1st  Women to be elected to House of Representatives   http://womenincongress.house.gov/member-profiles/profile.html?intID=202

The 19th Amendment:  Women's Suffrage Right is adopted.   http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment19/  26 of 36 state legislatures who voted to ratify it were under Republican control.


Add Individual rights, Low Taxes and small government, and you have the making of a Republican Party.  It's not perfect.  But I would hardly call it racist and Anti-Minority.