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Billboard Claiming Martin Luther King Was Republican Angers Black Activists in Houston - Political News - FOXNews.com
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A billboard proclaiming that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican has stirred a religious and political hornets' nest in Houston, where a church leader is trying to draw black voters into the Republican Party.
The jumbo-sized roadside ad made its contentious claim for about a week -- until a local black activist charged that the sign unjustly politicized King's legacy and was hurting his community by telling a "blatant lie."
"Martin Luther King may have very well believed in some of the Christian principles of the Republican Party, but Dr. Martin Luther King was not a Republican or a Democrat," said Quanell X, who heads the New Black Panther Party in Houston.
I love the fact it'sThe New Black Panther who are screaming about this. It's a well know fact that most Color Folks in the late 50s thru early 80;s belong to the Republican Party. I think someone need to eductaed the New Black Panthers about the Southern Democrate or as they were called Dixiecrates.
Who knew?
A billboard proclaiming that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican has stirred a religious and political hornets' nest in Houston, where a church leader is trying to draw black voters into the Republican Party.
The jumbo-sized roadside ad made its contentious claim for about a week -- until a local black activist charged that the sign unjustly politicized King's legacy and was hurting his community by telling a "blatant lie."
"Martin Luther King may have very well believed in some of the Christian principles of the Republican Party, but Dr. Martin Luther King was not a Republican or a Democrat," said Quanell X, who heads the New Black Panther Party in Houston.
I love the fact it'sThe New Black Panther who are screaming about this. It's a well know fact that most Color Folks in the late 50s thru early 80;s belong to the Republican Party. I think someone need to eductaed the New Black Panthers about the Southern Democrate or as they were called Dixiecrates.