Freedom Calendar 08/11/07 - 08/18/07

August 11, 1868, Death of U.S. Rep. Thaddeus Stevens (R-PA), who introduced 14th Amendment; requested burial in a racially-integrated cemetery, with epitaph 'Equality of Man before his Creator'.

August 12, 1982,Hispanic Republican Faith Evans, first woman in nation to serve as U.S. Marshal, sworn in following appointment by President Ronald Reagan.

August 13, 1818, Birth of Lucy Stone, Republican anti-slavery and women’s rights activist; founder of American Woman Suffrage Association in 1869.

August 14, 1996, Pacific Research Institute President Sally Pipes, addressing Republican National Convention on future of civil rights movement, calls for government which 'treats all its citizens equally under the law'.

August 15, 1988, President Ronald Reagan addresses Republican National Convention: 'Our Party speaks for human freedom, for the sweep of liberties that are at the core of our existence'.

August 16, 1817, Birth of Republican anti-slavery and civil rights activist U.S. Rep. Henry Davis (R-MD).

August 17, 1937, Republicans organize opposition to former Ku Klux Klansman and Democrat U.S. Senator Hugo Black, appointed to U.S. Supreme Court by FDR; his Klan background was hidden until after confirmation.

August 18, 1920, Republican-authored 19th Amendment, giving women the vote, becomes part of Constitution; 26 of the 36 states to ratify had Republican-controlled legislatures.

“This government will meet its responsibility to help those in need. But policies that increase dependency, break up families, and destroy self-respect are not progressive; they're reactionary. Despite our strides in civil rights, blacks, Hispanics, and all minorities will not have full and equal power until they have full economic power.”

Ronald Reagan 40th President of the United States

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