Republicans, Democrats & African-American Organizations 100 Years Ago & 100 Years Later
Republicans, Democrats & African-American Organizations 100 Years Ago & 100 Years Later Today (Oct 2nd 2025) I made a public statement that challenges us to look honestly at our history and our present. Every African-American organization created more than a hundred years ago was born out of necessity — to counteract the Democratic Party’s policies of segregation, disenfranchisement, and oppression. Organizations like the NAACP and the Church of God in Christ were built in the South, at a time when Democrats controlled the laws and institutions that denied us freedom, justice, and opportunity. Yet now, many of those very organizations have become deeply tied to the Democratic Party, contributing to it, endorsing it, and even refusing to work with African-Americans who still want to challenge Democratic oppression. This reality raises a painful question for us as a people: What happened to us? How did organizations once rooted in resistance and independence become gatekeepe...