Freedom Calendar 04/30/05 - 05/07/05

April 30, 1862, African-American Republicans in New Orleans establish L’Union, first African-American newspaper in South.

May 1, 1981, President Ronald Reagan proclaims first Jewish Heritage Week.

May 2, 1963, Republicans condemn Democrat sheriff of Birmingham, AL for arresting over 2,000 African-American schoolchildren marching for their civil rights.

May 3, 1876, Birth of Isaac Leevy, South Carolina African-American Republican who established Lincoln Emancipation Clubs in 1940s to enable African-Americans to vote.

May 4, 1811, Birth of Republican Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

May 5, 1983, Hispanic Republican Patricia Diaz Dennis appointed by President Ronald Reagan as first Hispanic woman on National Labor Relations Board; later served as FCC Commissioner under Reagan and as Regent of Texas State University under Gov. George W. Bush.

May 6, 1960, President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republicans’ Civil Rights Act of 1960, overcoming 125-hour, around-the-clock filibuster by 18 Senate Democrats.

May 7, 1990, President George H. W. Bush proclaims first Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month.

"A healthy republican government must rest upon individuals, not upon classes or sections. As soon as it becomes government by a class or by a section, it departs from the old American ideal.”

Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States

SOURCE: 2005 Republican Freedom Calendar