Rod Paige, an African-American and George W. Bush’s first Secretary of Education, has an interesting response to the often-posed question, how can a Black man be a Republican? He reminds people that it was Democrats who turned dogs and fire hoses on Civil Rights protesters in Mississippi when he was growing up. The Democratic Party in the South was the core of the resistance to the Civil Rights movement. It was only with the support of a sizable majority of GOP Congressmen that President Johnson was able to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

As a party we desperately need to realize that the Democratic Party’s dominance in the African-American community is one of history’s most spiteful twists. In another segment I’ll describe at some length how we got here, but at this point it’s enough to say that it didn’t have to happen this way, and it need not remain so.

Black Republicans are blasting Sarah Palin over Dr. Laura’s recent “N-word” rant. After a tweet from Sarah Palin in defense of Dr Laura, a few are saying she may not be fit to lead.

The last week has provided a riches of embarrassments within the political arena. I sometimes wish I had a daily column, but somehow I will attempt to consolidate these embarrassing events into a coherent piece that will adequately do justice to each issue.

Let’s start with Republican senate candidate, Rand Paul (from Kentucky). His public musings about his disagreements with certain aspects of the 1964 Civil Rights Act were appalling. But, more appalling to me was the slowness of any public response by Republican senators and Black Republicans.

The political blame game for Black America’s recent woes can be played ad nauseum from both sides, but the real political game for Black America centers around this: no true struggle for progress has ever been won with one hand on the rope as we pulled Black America to a better place. Civil Rights were not secured in the 20th Century with only the power of the clergy leading the Movement. It took the work of the working class, the celebrity class, and the elite class of African-Americans infusing the political dynamic of America to make change in America. The same was true for ending slavery in the 19th Century, as former slaves, freed Blacks, grassroots abolitionists, and legislators toiled to end America’s greatest moral crime.

Why does Black America think overcoming this current collective crisis should be any different?

Black Republicans gathered in the nation’s capital from March 18-20 in order to build a new movement of political diversity and effectiveness in Black America in the hopes of turning around the issues befalling African-Americans through the United States. And, if the partisan vote on health care serves as another indicator for much-needed change within the RNC after the 2008 vote for the first Black president, this weekend’s Frederick Douglass Foundation serves as notice that Black Republicans are growing in Washington esteem, political astuteness, and leadership potential.

Through leveraging the proud historical example of leadership from its namesake, Frederick Douglass (often noted as the man President Abraham Lincoln said himself was the one person whose opinion he respected most), leaders are emerging among the ranks within the Republican Party.

The 2nd Annual Leadership Summit was an opportunity for these leaders (ranging from activists to congressional candidates from California to New York) to continue bolstering the networking efforts that have connected the nation in a bond of urban conservatism that would make the late Jack Kemp proud.

    (Washington, DC) – Black Republican Congressional candidates will gather today and tomorrow in Washington to express their disapproval of the current liberal agenda of President Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, as they prepare to be a part of a historic election year that will see the Republican Party possibly take back the [...]

The Frederick Douglass Foundation will hold its second annual Leadership Summit from March 18 through March 20 at The Washington Marriott at the Metro Center in Washington DC. Speakers will include RNC Chairman Michael Steele, Congressman Mike Pence, and many more.

To all the Democrats out there that think Black Republicans are ” fighting to be accepted” by our party, please stop making claims that you cannot prove.

Governor Palin is an ethnic escapist dream where simple rural girls best slick urban intellectuals.

Angela McGlowan today held a news conference in Oxford, Miss. to formally announce that she’s seeking the Republican nomination for Congress. The GOP is hoping to unseat Rep. Travis Childers (D-Miss.), who has held Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District seat since mid-2008.

There was a time in my life when I believed there was this system purposefully set up to keep Black people subordinated. Somehow, in the midst of that phase, I naively internalized that liberals were the only ones who acknowledged the proverbial “system”, and did everything in their power to change it. Then I found out about how liberal policies negatively impacted the Black Family. Liberals instantly became the object of my disdain.

So, naturally, if liberals were so “evil” the only place left for me to go was the other side, right?

To the Black media, I say, give our people the means by which we can educate ourselves on all of the issues. From every perspective. Provide fair coverage to Democratic AND Republican candidates. Maybe the Republicans won’t convince African-Americans to vote for them. Maybe they will. But at the end of the day, our people deserve the right to make their own choice.

One of the greatest shows in all of sitcom history is probably “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”. Remember Carlton Banks (played by Alfonso Rebiero)? He was the quintessential Black Republican! He was rich, out of touch with his consciousness, and surrounded by white people who loved to sing Tom Jones.

If you want to get a reaction out of a largely black audience, tell them you’re a black Republican. Black members of the GOP are the butt of jokes from comedians, in TV shows and in movies. A member of al-Qaeda probably would give a black Republican a run for his money in terms of who is more disliked in the black community. The sense of being a turncoat against your race is pervasive.

As this election season hits high gear new faces are emerging to take there place in the Republican Party. One such person is former NFL Star Damon Dunn. Born in 1976 in Arlington, Texas to a 16-year old single mother, Damon Dunn grew up in dire poverty; living in a three-bedroom trailer with ten people. Damon grew up hunting and fishing as means to provide food, and wore Salvation Army clothes. From these humble beginnings, Damon learned the value – and the rewards of hard work, which he has demonstrated throughout his life.