The Proud “Black Republicans” and the Democrat Chairwoman’s Ignorance

by Norman Berdichevsky (September 2011)

The Dispute Between West and Wasserman Schultz

The Dispute Between Representatives West and Charley Rangel (D-New York)

All the early black congressmen and senators elected during Reconstruction were members of the Republican Party. The Democrats objected to many of the newly elected black officials and managed to unseat several of them who had been elected in 1870. Thirteen of the twenty-two blacks elected to Congress during Reconstruction were ex-slaves and all were self taught or family trained. There were seven lawyers, three ministers, three college presidents, two school teachers, one banker, and one publisher.

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