Chairman Kenneth Raymond
FCGOP Celebrates Black History Month!!!
During the month of February, the Forsyth County Republican Party is celebrating Black History Month by teaching historic truth about the connection between the black community and the Republican Party. This information is easily verified, but not taught in public schools for political reasons.
We’ll publish information about the role the GOP played, and continues to play, to establish freedom for black Americans. And finally, we’ll also publish information about the courageous black republican congressmen, and state representatives, as they fought for equality, for newly freed slaves, against Democrat white supremacists and their allies in the Ku Klux Klan.
Distinguished Black Republicans
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On July 7, 1868, North Carolina Republican State Senator Abraham Galloway took his seat in the state senate along with two other black senators and 17 black republican house members. Senator Galloway was 31 years old at the time. The Wilmington Journal described him as "the pugilistic Indian Senator" and the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, in New York, described him as "the colored Napoleon." Senator Galloway, who was born a slave, worked as a spy for the Union Army behind Confederate lines and he helped recruit former slaves from the Wilmington area. Senator Galloway was also one of the founders of the North Carolina Republican Party. |
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On July 4, 1867, the Georgia Republican party was officially established. Congressman Jefferson Long was one of the party’s original founders. Congressman Long, who was also born a slave in Knoxville, Georgia, was elected to Congress in 1870 and was the first black man to speak on the floor of the House of Representatives. |
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On June 17, 1849, Republican Congressman Thomas Ezekiel Miller was born. Miller, who represented South Carolina's 7th District, was raised by former slaves in Ferree Beeville, South Carolina. He attended schools for black children that were illegal according to state law, at the time. During a speech on the House floor Miller said, "I shall not be muffled here. I am in part the representative…of those whose rights are denied and those who are slandered by the press. I deem it my supreme duty to raise my voice, though feebly, in their defense." Congressman Miller is also one of the founders of South Carolina State University. He is also one of the founders of the South Carolina Republican Party. |
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On July 24,1867, the South Carolina Republican Party was officially established. One of its founders was Congressman Robert Brown Elliott. About 61 percent of the party's founders were black. Congressman Elliot also helped shape South Carolina's state constitution when they re-joined the Union. Congressman Elliott was also appointed adjutant general of the state’s militia, elected state attorney general, and served as chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party.
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For more information contact Ken Raymond at [email protected].
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Mailing Address: Forsyth County Republican Party, PO Box 5841, Winston-Salem, NC 27113
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Phone: 336-724-6000