Should the Democratic Party Apologize for Supporting Slavery? By Robert Oliver

I'm an African-American political independent.  The purpose of this article is not to debate the merits of belonging to a certain political party nor to pursue political converts.  The purpose is to clarify history and to ask does the Democratic Party owe African Americans an apology for past support of slavery and racism?

February is Black History Month.  Sometimes Black History needs clarification.  For example, a friend told me that an African-American employee in his New York City office thought that President Abraham Lincoln was a Democrat.  Another African-American friend, a former liaison between the Democrats in the California State Legislature and the Clinton White House, as well as a campaigner for Bill Clinton's presidency, thought that the slave owners in the Old South were all Republicans.  He thought that the worst Democrat was better than the best Republican.  I was even told that an African American woman in Illinois actually thought that it was illegal for a Black person to vote Republican!  Based on that sampling, it is possible that a vast number of African Americans are laboring under similar false beliefs about Democrats and Republicans.

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