"Would Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. vote for Barack Obama?"
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a champion of individual freedom and responsibility. The success of the Civil Rights Movement is largely accredited to his leadership and promotion of non-violent methods of expression. These facts are widely known, but one that is not ... Dr. King was a registered Republican that openly disagreed with Democrats and the ideology of government dependency. The Hip Hop Republican has an excellent article that gives insight to my point. I included an excerpt from the article below.
"Dr. King registered as a Republican voter in 1956. He did not give his support to the Democratic Presidential Contender, named John F. Kennedy, until 1960 despite Kennedy’s failure to vote for Civil Right’s Policy in 1957. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his support to Kennedy because, as a Senator, Kennedy had telephoned a pregnant Coretta Scott King while her husband’s life hung in the balance in a Birmingham, Alabama jail.
Kennedy making sure that there was media coverage of the event causing Martin Luther King Sr. and around 100,000 African-Americans to also give their support to Senator Kennedy for President. Consequently, The Kennedy and The Johnson Administrations supported, created, enacted, and upheld Civil Right’s Legislation and Policy further increasing the numbers of African-Americans who decided to vote as Democrats."
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"Dr. King registered as a Republican voter in 1956. He did not give his support to the Democratic Presidential Contender, named John F. Kennedy, until 1960 despite Kennedy’s failure to vote for Civil Right’s Policy in 1957. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his support to Kennedy because, as a Senator, Kennedy had telephoned a pregnant Coretta Scott King while her husband’s life hung in the balance in a Birmingham, Alabama jail.
Kennedy making sure that there was media coverage of the event causing Martin Luther King Sr. and around 100,000 African-Americans to also give their support to Senator Kennedy for President. Consequently, The Kennedy and The Johnson Administrations supported, created, enacted, and upheld Civil Right’s Legislation and Policy further increasing the numbers of African-Americans who decided to vote as Democrats."
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Posted by Algenon L. Cash at 7/31/2009 4:13 PM 
Categories: Politics, Culture
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Categories: Politics, Culture
Tags: algenon cash barack obama healthcare reform algenoncash democrats
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Algenon, Thanks for sharing...please keep the good facts rolling in!
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Thank you for bringing out some facts which have been long forgotten, or even unknown by younger generations. Where's the national newsplay on stories like this? Great job! Thank you for taking the time to write about this! God Bless!
Cindy
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Interesting.... Jesse Jackson and Dr Lowery who were his close associates never knew this.... I too registered republican in 1974 voted for what I believed. After this past election I switched to Democratic (so I could still vote in primaries in my state).... but I am a center right to left person
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