Beyond the Spin: How the GOP lost blacks

Philadelphia Inquirer by George Curry | Feb. 21, 2009 (News Analysis)

Michael Steele's election as the first black chairman of the Republican Party and Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday have created a lot of discussion about the relationship - or lack of one - between African Americans and the party of Lincoln. Full Story »

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Kenneth Sibbett
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 by Kenneth Sibbett - Feb. 21, 2009

A very well written and insightful article on how the Republican party lost the Black vote. I had never read the quotes of Lincoln about his position on the slavery issue, and would bet not to many African-Americans have either.

I plead ignorance in not knowing that was Lincoln's position. I will be at the library tomorrow to check-out the book of the Lincoln-Douglas debates.

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