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Billboard Claiming Martin Luther King Was Republican Angers Black Activists in H
« on: July 16, 2009, 05:14:23 PM »
Billboard Claiming Martin Luther King Was Republican Angers Black Activists in Houston
FOX News
July 14, 2009
By Joseph Abrams

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.

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This was setup by Black Conservatives. They are under assault more so than White conservatives. Quannell X is such a disgrace.
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Re: Billboard Claiming Martin Luther King Was Republican Angers Black Activists in H
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2009, 05:20:15 PM »
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Kimau-Imani told FOXNews.com that King's niece, the Rev. Alveda King, has long argued that her uncle was a Republican, though he acknowledged there was no documentation or voting record to prove it.

Those claims enraged Quanell X, who held a press conference late last week to rally against the sign and ended up in a shouting match over the legacy of the murdered civil rights icon.

The billboard, which Kamau-Imani says cost $3,000 to display for a month, came down shortly after Friday's press conference -- about 20 days ahead of schedule, a move Kamau-Imani attributed to the "spineless" response of the billboard company, SignAd.

"The simple fact is that the leader of the Black Panther Party here in Houston called a news conference and they spooked," he said.

Representatives for SignAd did not return requests for comment.

That left a mark.

Then there's this little jewel:

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The president of the Houston branch of the NAACP said that the civil rights group does not wade into partisan politics, but seemed pleased that the sign had come down.

Um yeah, right.   :whatever:
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Re: Billboard Claiming Martin Luther King Was Republican Angers Black Activists in H
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2009, 05:22:38 PM »
No matter how they try to spin it, the GOP was the party that freed the slaves. They  just don't get it. These "people" voted for 0bama merely and solely because of his skin color and perceived race. They are racists to the core, if only because of that.
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Re: Billboard Claiming Martin Luther King Was Republican Angers Black Activists
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2009, 05:23:20 PM »
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The president of the Houston branch of the NAACP said that the civil rights group does not wade into partisan politics,but dive in head first, but seemed pleased that the sign had come down.


Aren't they a non-profit group?  How?
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