http://www.nationalblackrepublicans.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.MLKProducts&tp_preview=true&CFID=30153960&CFTOKEN=51809405&x=3587950
2007-05-14 06:50:48 · 14 answers · asked by hazard to your heath 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
he was a Republican. it's a fact. go look it up if you don't believe it. all you young, semi-literate, pot-smoking, reality tv watching kids have to realize BOTH parties have changed a lot since Dr. King's time. I mean Senator Byrd was a V.I.P. in the Ku Klux Klan and he's a DEMOCRAT!
2007-05-14 08:47:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really, although he made a distinct effort to not play along party lines. However, this effort was greatly put aside when Barry Goldwater, and opponent to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, was nominated by the Republican Party.
So he was always left-leaning, but he didn't actually flip the bird to the GOP until 1964.
2007-05-14 13:57:16 · answer #2 · answered by Convictionist 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
That is what is known as propoganda in the hopes of playing to the black masses to switch and support Republicans.
He was a preacher first and civil rights leader second. He did not endorse either party during his short life.
2007-05-14 13:57:32 · answer #3 · answered by thequeenreigns 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I guess it's who you ask and when.
Martin L. King at the start of the bus boycott that Parks and King launched. ... Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 119
2007-05-14 14:01:46 · answer #4 · answered by Robert S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be honest with you, I don't think he associated with either of the two major parties. He clearly would have supported the Civil Rights Act of 1964, but I think his main goal was equal rights and opprotunities, not personal political advancement.
2007-05-14 13:54:31 · answer #5 · answered by msi_cord 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
A rabbid, off-the-charts web site from a nationalist conservative WHO WOULD BE A DIE HARD RACIST JUST TWENTY YEARS AGO.
Interesting, but no sale. King was for good benefits for the working class. Republicans want to CLEAN OUT the working class.
2007-05-14 13:57:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
No.
I could put "George W. Bush is a great leader" on a shirt, but no matter how many shirts I put that on, it still won't make that obvious lie a truthful statement.
2007-05-14 14:19:34 · answer #7 · answered by ck4829 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
according to that website, yes, he was a Republican. But how is that relevant with todays politics?
I mean, Nixon was a Republican too....
2007-05-14 13:53:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
No.
He and Robert Byrd (D), WV were fast friends.
Senator Byrd continues his undying support and adulation to this day.
sarcasm ~off~
2007-05-14 13:58:15 · answer #9 · answered by Trollbuster 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
YES he was. But he couldn't register as a republican because blacks weren't allowed to vote back then, REMEMBER!
2007-05-14 14:01:04 · answer #10 · answered by Liberal City 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋