Reince Priebus the head of the monster known as the Republican National Committee (RNC) put out a statement celebrating Black History Month, and gives a nod to some African American firsts'... one was omitted!
“Today marks the beginning of Black History Month, a time to celebrate the influence of African Americans in every aspect of our country’s life. Throughout the month, Republicans will honor black history and pay tribute to the impact that generations of African Americans have had on our nation and our Party,” said Chairman Priebus.
“As chairman, I’m particularly mindful of the many African Americans who have shaped our Party—from its earliest days as a small group of abolitionists through today. We remember individuals like the great reformer and orator Frederick Douglass and the first black congressman Hiram Revels, and we celebrate today’s leaders like Condoleezza Rice, the first black female Secretary of State, and Senator Tim Scott, the first black Senator from the South in over a century.” RNC
The great orator Frederick Douglas, so why does Priebus mention him, could it be because of the abolitionists or maybe the GOP has incorporated Frederick Douglass into the Black Brotherhood of Republicans.
The son of a slave woman and an unknown white man, "Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey" was born in February of 1818 on Maryland's eastern shore. He spent his early years with his grandparents and with an aunt, seeing his mother only four or five times before her death when he was seven. (All Douglass knew of his father was that he was white.) During this time he was exposed to the degradations of slavery, witnessing firsthand brutal whippings and spending much time cold and hungry. When he was eight he was sent to Baltimore to live with a ship carpenter named Hugh Auld. There he learned to read and first heard the words abolition and abolitionists. "Going to live at Baltimore," Douglass would later say, "laid the foundation, and opened the gateway, to all my subsequent prosperity."
Frederick Douglass.
Hiram Revels (R-MS) the first black Senator. Does Preibus mention him because he was the first Black Senator or because he has an 'R' in his Senate profile. Maybe he is going for a Baltimore themed statement.
Hiram Revels of Mississippi became the first African American senator in 1870. Born in North Carolina in 1827, Revels attended Knox College in Illinois and later served as minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore, Maryland. He raised two black regiments during the Civil War and fought at the battle of Vicksburg in Mississippi. The Mississippi state legislature sent him to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate during Reconstruction, and he quickly became an outspoken opponent of racial segregation. Although Revels' term in the Senate lasted just a year, he broke new ground for African Americans in senate.gov. senate.gov
Condoleezza Rice the first American American women to be named Secretary of State. What a first, but who is she, well one cannot think about Ms. Rice without one thinking about Mr. Bush and that whole thang. Who is Condi really?
Her name, Condoleezza, derives from the music-related term, con dolcezza, which in Italian means, "with sweetness". Rice has roots in the American South going back to the pre-Civil War era, and some of her ancestors worked as sharecroppers for a time after emancipation. Rice discovered on the PBS series Finding Your Roots[7] that she is of 51% African, 40% European and 9% Asian or Native American genetic descent, while her mtDNA is traced back to the Tikar people of Cameroon.
Tim Scott the first black Senator in a while maybe since Hiram Ravel and Mr. Scott is a Republican...Surprise!
Scott is the first African-American senator from the state of South Carolina and the first from the South since 1881
Barack Hussein Obama, HELLO Reince did you forget about this first or maybe it will be in a statement in the next 28.
Barack Hussein Obama II (Listeni/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States, and the first African American to hold the office. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review.
This is the RNC giving a short statement about
a time to celebrate the influence of African Americans in every aspect of our country’s life celebrating the influence of black Americans, how big of you Mr. Priebus!