April 2, 1855, Republican John Langston becomes nation’s first African-American elected official, in Brownhelm, OH; later served as U.S. Rep. (R-VA) and as diplomat in Republican administrations.
April 3, 1944, U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Texas Democratic Party’s “whites only” primary election system.
April 4, 1887, Republican Susanna Salter of Argonia, KS is first woman elected mayor in nation.
April 5, 1839, Birth of African-American U.S. Rep. Robert Smalls (R-SC), who escaped slavery by commandeering a Confederate gunboat.
April 6, 1869, Republican Ebenezer Bassett is first African-American presidential appointment, as President Ulysses Grant’s Minister to Haiti.
April 7, 1862, President Lincoln concludes treaty with Britain for suppression of slave trade.
April 8, 1865, 13th Amendment banning slavery passed by U.S. Senate with 100% Republican support, 63% Democrat opposition.
April 9, 1866, Republican Congress overrides Democrat President Johnson’s veto; Civil Rights Act of 1866, conferring rights of citizenship on African-Americans, becomes law.
"Discrimination against the negro race in this country is unjust, is unworthy of a high-minded people whose example should have a salutary influence in the world.”
Rep. Joseph Rainey (R-SC), the first African-American in the U.S. House of Representatives (1870-79)
SOURCE: 2005 Republican Freedom Calendar
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