"Up until, really, Roosevelt, African-Americans largely voted ninety per cent Republican. That was the political origins, that's what their political voice was in the Republican party. During that history, that last sixty or seventy years of history, the Republican party effectively walked away from the community. They were afraid to really embrace civil rights even though they embraced civil rights legislation. And so it's not enough to just to put it on paper, you gotta actually show up and be in the community, and understand what that struggle was really about"
- Michael Steele
About this Quote
This quote by Michael Steele speaks with the history of African-Americans and their political voice in the Republican party. Up until the time of Roosevelt, African-Americans mainly voted ninety percent Republican. However, in the last sixty or seventy years, the Republican celebration has actually distanced itself from the African-American neighborhood, hesitating to completely welcome civil liberties. This quote emphasizes that it is inadequate to just put civil liberties legislation on paper, but that it is important to appear and remain in the community, and to comprehend the battle that African-Americans have dealt with. This quote speaks with the importance of recognizing the history of African-Americans and their political voice, and the requirement to continue to support and accept civil liberties.
This quote is written / told by Michael Steele somewhere between October 19, 1958 and today. He/she was a famous Politician from USA.
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