Tuesday, June 21, 2005

This Day in Republican History 06/21/05

June 21, 1832 Birth of U.S. Rep. Joseph Rainey (R-SC), former slave who in 1870 became FIRST African-American member of U.S. House Another first for the Republicans. Where were the Democrats? Ah yes, they were keeping slaves. They were forbidding slaves to even learn to read. That's where the Democrats were.