December 2, 1863, Phillip Reid, former slave set free by Republicans’ 1862 D.C. Emancipation Act, watches his statue Freedom placed atop U.S. Capitol.
December 3, 2002, Jewish Republican Linda Lingle (R-HI) inaugurated as state’s first woman governor.
December 4, 1886, Death of Republican George Ruffin, first African-American graduate of Harvard Law School and first African-American state judge in the North 5
December 5, 2000, Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) becomes first woman elected to U.S. Senate Leadership.
December 6, 1865, Republican Party’s 13th Amendment, banning slavery, is ratified.
December 7, 1928, Republican Octaviano Larrazolo of New Mexico becomes first Hispanic to serve in U.S. Senate.
December 8, 1953, Eisenhower administration Asst. Attorney General Lee Rankin argues for plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education; 1924 Democratic presidential candidate John W. Davis argues in favor of “separate but equal”.
December 9, 1872, Republican Pinckney Pinchback (R-LA) becomes nation’s first African-American governor.
“Our nation’s long journey towards civil rights for all our citizens—once a source of discord, now a source of pride—must continue with no backsliding or slowing down. We must and shall see that those basic laws that guarantee equal rights are preserved and, when necessary, strengthened. Our concern for equal rights for women is firm and unshakable.”
Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States
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