"There's no denying that more African Americans are joining the GOP -- a greater number voted for President Bush last year than in 2000, and it seems we're seeing more conservative African American
political commentators on television and
running for elected office as Republicans than in recent years."-
RNC.org
"Lincoln set in motion a major effort to open the door for black enfranchisment...By January 1864 Lincoln had twice given approval for the enrollment of freeborn Negroes as voters in Lousiana.
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"In their rush to exclude ineligiblees, mainly African American with felony convictions, state officials knowingly used purge lists that were riddled with errors...The concentration of outdated voting devices and inaccurate registration rolls in poor and minority neigborhoods suggests that
official mischief was also involved.
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