May 28, 1930, Birth of U.S. Rep. Patricia Saiki (R-HI), first Asian-American to lead a federal agency; appointed head of U.S. Small Business Administration by President George H. W. Bush.
May 29, 1902, Virginia Democrats implement new state constitution, condemned by Republicans as illegal, reducing African-American voter registration by 86%.
30 Memorial Day, May 30, 1854, Democrat President Franklin Pierce signs Democrats’ Kansas-Nebraska Act, expanding slavery into U.S. territories; opponents unite to form the Republican Party.
May 31, 1870, President U.S. Grant signs Republicans’ Enforcement Act, providing stiff penalties for depriving any American’s civil rights.
June 1, 1963, Democrat Governor George Wallace announces defiance of court order issued by Republican federal judge Frank Johnson to integrate University of Alabama.
June 2, 1924, Republican President Calvin Coolidge signs bill passed by Republican Congress granting U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans.
June 3, 1884, U.S. Rep. John Lynch (R-MS), a former slave, presides over Republican National Convention.
June 4, 1860, Republican U.S. Senator Charles Sumner (R-MA) delivers his classic address, The Barbarism of Slavery.
“Slavery is a violation of the rights of a man; that the law of nature which is the law of liberty, gives to no man rights superior to those of another; that God and nature have secured to each individual the inalienable right of equality - Upon a hatred of slavery, and the desire for an accountable, fiscally responsible, government, the above resolution was overwhelmingly adopted in its entirety.”
The first Republican state party platform, Michigan, 1854
SOURCE: 2005 Republican Freedom Calendar
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