Jackie Robinson was a Republican until the GOP became the 'white man's party'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Chris Lamb, Professor of Journalism, Indiana University

On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson played his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers, forever changing baseball and society.

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Robinson, who lived from 1919 to 1972, was a Republican when millions of other Blacks were Republicans.

Back in those days, the GOP still hung on to its mantra that it was “the party of Abraham Lincoln,” the president who signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

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By 1968, Robinson was done with the GOP. He refused to support Nixon when he ran for president again in 1968. He also became more active in the civil rights movement and appeared with King on frequent occasions.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/jackie-robinson-republican-until-gop-121635644.html

Pretty good article. I highly recommend reading the whole thing.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

1. 1968... when Nixon took the Southern democratic racists

Into the republican fold, as the democratic party embraced racial equality and civil rights.

Pukes LOVE to forget that little chapter in history and will spout off for hours about how THEY are the party of racial progress because Abraham Lincoln.

[nycbos]

2. Well given the republican party used to be the party of Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt,

And up until the 1950s it was led by saying people like Ike that attitude was understandable.