April 16, 1862, President Lincoln signs bill abolishing slavery in District of Columbia; in Congress, 99% of Republicans vote yes, 83% of Democrats vote no.
April 17, 1823, Birth of Arkansas Republican Mifflin Gibbs, elected in 1873 as first African-American judge; later appointed by President William McKinley as Consul to Madagascar.
April 18, 1920, Minnesota’s first-in-the-nation anti-lynching law, promoted by African-American Republican Nellie Francis, signed by Republican Gov. Jacob Preus.
April 19, 1866, Thousands assemble in Washington, DC to celebrate Republican Party’s abolition of slavery.
April 20, 1871, Republican Congress enacts the Ku Klux Klan Act, outlawing Democratic Party-affiliated terrorist groups which oppressed African-Americans.
April 21, 1926, Death of George Murray, former slave who served as U.S. Rep. (R-SC) from 1893-97.
April 22, 1981, President Ronald Reagan establishes first annual Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust.
April 23, 1971, Republican appointee Herbert Choy becomes first Asian-American federal judge, named by President Richard Nixon to U.S. Court of Appeals.
“I believe the time will come when the sense of justice of this nation, when the enlightenment of this century, when the wisdom of our legislators, when the good feeling of the whole people will complete this grand work by lifting up out of degradation a race of men which has served long and faithfully by placing it, so far as the laws are concerned, upon an equal footing with all other classes. I have faith in this country.”
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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