Yes i know the title of this may be a bit provocative but,
Why would a Black American want to be or vote for a republican ?
Answer:
Top 10 reasons to be or vote Republican - Capitalist - Conservative.
1. belief and love for large families
2. Support life, not abortion
3. Choose the best school for your child even private school paid for by the tax payers.
4. Hard work and persistence always pays off, you are rewarded for your work ethic.
5. Personal responsibility builds confidence and encourages massive success.
6. Start your own business its easy because of minimal regulations and SBA Loans.
7. Enjoy a booming economy because of "Capitalism"
8. Republicans have promoted more Black Americans to higher political positions
9. Produced more Black CEO's in all of American history.
10. Cost of living is lower due to small government and smaller taxes.
The following is a list of Political Black Republicans:
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Claude Allen, former White House Domestic Policy Advisor
Renee Amoore, health care advocate & founder and president of The Amoore Group, Inc.; former candidate for Republican National Committee Co-Chairwoman
Caesar Antoine, 13th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
B
J. Kenneth Blackwell, former Secretary of State of Ohio, former gubernatorial candidate
Michelle Bernard, journalist, author, columnist
Lynette Boggs, former Las Vegas City Councilwoman, former Clark County, NV commissioner, former candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives
Peter Boulware, former NFL linebacker and Republican candidate for the Florida House of Representatives, District 9.
Jennette Bradley, former Treasurer of the State of Ohio
Edward Brooke, former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, first African American elected by popular vote to the U.S. Senate
Stephen Broden, conservative commentator, Life Always board member (a pro-life organization) and evangelical pastor, 2010 Congressional candidate
Janice Rogers Brown, a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals
Blanche Bruce, former U.S. Senator from Mississippi, first African American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate
Keith Butler, Republican national committeeman from Michigan, former councilman for Detroit, minister and former U.S. Senatorial candidate
C
Herman Cain
Herman Cain, businessman, media personality, and former candidate for President of the United States in 2012.
Jennifer Carroll, Lieutenant Governor of Florida[1]
Ron Christie, former advisor to Vice-President Dick Cheney[2]
Octavius Valentine Catto, civil rights activist and African American baseball pioneer
Henry P. Cheatham, former U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Eldridge Cleaver, author and civil rights leader
William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr., fourth United States Secretary of Transportation, first African American Supreme Court Clerk[3]
Ward Connerly, political activist, businessman, and former University of California Regent
Norris Wright Cuney, Chairman of the Texas Republican Party (1886-1896)
D
Frederick Douglass
Randy Daniels, former Secretary of State of New York, 2006 Gubernatorial candidate
Artur Davis, former Democratic Alabama Congressman, speaker at 2012 Republican National Convention, potential Republican candidate
Oscar Stanton de Priest, former U.S. Representative from Illinois
Robert DeLarge, South Carolina congressman
Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, editor, orator, author, and statesman
Oscar Dunn, 11th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
Edward Duplex, Mayor of Wheatland, California (1888)
E
Larry Elder, talk radio host and commentator
Robert Brown Elliott, former U.S. Representative from South Carolina
Melvin H. Evans, former U.S. Representative from, and former Governor of, the U.S. Virgin Islands
F
James L. Farmer, Jr., civil rights leader
Michel Faulkner, pastor, former defensive lineman for the New York Jets, a 2010 nominee for New York's 15th congressional district
Arthur Fletcher, official in the administrations of Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush; considered the "father of affirmative action"
Gary Franks, former U.S. Representative from Connecticut
Ryan Frazier, Aurora City Councilman, 2010 nominee for Colorado's 7th congressional district
Samuel B. Fuller, founder and president of the Fuller Products Company, publisher of the New York Age and Pittsburgh Courier, head of the South Side Chicago NAACP, president of the National Negro Business League, and a prominent black Republican
Virginia Fuller, 2010 and 2012 Congressional Candidate
G
James Garner (politician), former mayor of the Village of Hempstead, New York, 2004 Congressional candidate
Robert A. George (pundit), editorial writer for the New York Post, blogger and pundit
James Golden (radio personality), producer on the Rush Limbaugh radio talk show
H
Ken Hamblin, Radio host, political commentator, author, television personality
Jeremiah Haralson, former U.S. Representative from Alabama
Bill Hardiman, former Michigan State Senator, 2010 Congressional Candidate
Erika Harold, 2003 Miss America, delegate to the 2004 Republican National Convention, 2012 Congressional Candidate
Ted Hayes, activist for the homeless
Amy Holmes, CNN political commentator and independent social conservative
Deborah Honeycutt, 2006, 2008, 2010 congressional candidate;
T.R.M. Howard, Mississippi civil rights leader, surgeon, entrepreneur and mentor to Medgar Evers and Fannie Lou Hamer
Zora Neale Hurston, Folklorist, anthropologist, novelist, short story writer
John Adams Hyman, former U.S. Representative from North Carolina
I
Niger Innis, commentator and activist
J
Alphonso Jackson, thirteenth Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Raynard Jackson, political consultant and political analyst for WUSA*9 TV (CBS affiliate) in Washington, DC
Dr. Mildred Fay Jefferson, first African-American woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School; pro-life movement leader; Republican candidate for U.S. House and U.S. Senate[4]
Wallace B. Jefferson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
James Weldon Johnson, first Black manager of the NAACP, president of the Colored Republican Club
K
Alan Keyes, 16th Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
Alan Keyes, former member of the Republican party and nominee for the U.S. Senate
Alveda King, minister, political activist, author, niece of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King, Sr., Reverend, missionary, civil rights leader, father of Martin Luther King, Jr.
L
Stephen N. Lackey, fundraiser, philanthropist
John Mercer Langston, former U.S. Representative from Virginia
Jefferson Franklin Long, former U.S. Representative from Georgia
Mia Love, mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, 2012 Congressional candidate
John Roy Lynch, former U.S. Representative from Mississippi
M
Lenny McAllister, political analyst, community activist, and author
Angela McGlowan, political analyst, 2010 Congressional candidate
James Meredith, civil rights leader
Thomas Ezekiel Miller, former U.S. Representative from South Carolina
Eric Motley, former Deputy Associate Director, Office of Presidential Personnel in Bush Administration
George Washington Murray, former U.S. Representative from South Carolina
E. Frederic Morrow, first African-American to hold an executive position at the White House. He served under President Dwight D. Eisenhower as Administrative Officer for Special Projects from 1955 to 1961.
Steven Mullins, Connecticut politician, Planning & Zoning Commissioner, City of West Haven, 2009 Republican nominee for Mayor of West Haven, 2002 Republican nominee for State Comptroller
N
Charles Edmund Nash, former U.S Representative from Louisiana
Sophia A. Nelson, Lawyer, author, political commentator
Constance Berry Newman, U.S. diplomat; former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; member of International Republican Institute
O
James E. O'Hara, Congressman from North Carolina
P
Colin Powell, 65th Secretary of State
Rod Paige, seventh U.S. Secretary of Education
Sherman Parker, Missouri state representative, ran for U.S. House of Representatives
Vernon Parker, mayor of Paradise Valley, Arizona, 2010 Congressional candidate
Star Parker, author, political commentator, 2010 Congressional candidate
Edward J. Perkins, first African-American U.S. ambassador to South Africa
Jesse Lee Peterson, civil rights activist, founder of Brotherhood of New Destiny
Joseph C. Phillips, actor, columnist, commentator
Pio Pico, last governor of Mexican California. Formed the Republican Party in California.[5]
Samuel Pierce, former HUD Secretary
P. B. S. Pinchback, twenty-fourth governor of Louisiana; first African-American governor of a U.S. state
Colin Powell, 65th United States Secretary of State
Michael Powell, 24th Chairman of the FCC
Pierre-Richard Prosper, former Bush Administration war crimes official
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Condoleezza Rice, 66th Secretary of State
Joseph H. Rainey, former U.S. Representative from South Carolina, first African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives
James T. Rapier, former U.S. Representative from Alabama
Hiram Rhodes Revels, former U.S. Senator from Mississippi, first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate
Condoleezza Rice, 66th United States Secretary of State
Jack E. Robinson III, former party nominee for U.S. House, U.S. Senate, and Secretary of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts
Vernon Robinson, former candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina
Joe Rogers, former Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, youngest Lieutenant Governor in Colorado history
Carson Ross Mayor of Blue Springs, MO, Fmr. Missouri State Rep
Jackie Robinson, baseball player (changed parties after Goldwater nomination).
S
Michael Steele, 64th Chairman of the Republican National Committee
Paul H. Scott, Michigan State Representative
Tim Scott. Representative, South Carolina's 1st Congressional District
Marvin Scott. Congressional Candidate
Winsome Sears. Former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 2004 Congressional Candidate
Robert Smalls, South Carolina
Joshua I. Smith, appointed commissioner of Minority Business Development by President George H. W. Bush
Princella Smith, 2010 Congressional Candidate, She PAC member
DeForest "Buster" Soaries, former New Jersey Secretary of State
Thomas Sowell, economist, writer and commentator
Michael S. Steele, political commentator, former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, former candidate for the U.S. Senate and elected chairman of the Republican National Committee
Shelby Steele, author
Thomas Stith, III, former member of the city council of Durham, North Carolina, 2004 Candidate for Lieutenant Governor, 2007 mayoral candidate for Durham, North Carolina
Lynn Swann, former NFL player, former Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate
T
Clarence Thomas, Associate Supreme Court Justice
Sojourner Truth
Noel C. Taylor, mayor of Roanoke, Virginia from 1975 to 1992[6]
Clarence Thomas, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court
Thurman Thomas, former Buffalo Bill, Republican activist, supported and campaigned for 2010 New York Republican Gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino
Sojourner Truth, abolitionist speaker and suffrage advocate
Harriet Tubman, abolitionist speaker and suffrage advocate
Benjamin S. Turner, Alabama Congressman
David Tyree, former New York Giant, anti-same-sex marriage advocate
U
James L. Usry, former mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey
V
William T. Vernon, Register of the Treasury under President Theodore Roosevelt[7]
W
Dale Wainwright, Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
Eric Wallace (entrepreneur), pastor, entrepreneur, serves on the African American Advisory Board for the Republican National Committee
Josiah Walls, former U.S. Representative from Florida, and one of the first African-Americans to serve in the U.S. House
Booker T. Washington, educator and activist
Maurice Washington, Nevada State Senator
J. C. Watts, former U.S. Representative from Oklahoma
Ida B. Wells, civil rights advocate, co-founder of the NAACP
Allen West, Representative, U.S. House of Representatives (FL-22)
J. Ernest Wilkins, Sr., Assistant Secretary of Labor under President Eisenhower[8]
Armstrong Williams, radio and television commentator
Michael L. Williams, Texas Railroad Commissioner
Walter E. Williams, author, commentator, economist
Vern Williams, member of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel
Barb Davis White, 2010 Congressional Candidate
Y
William F. Yardley, anti-segregation advocate, first African American candidate for governor of Tennessee (1876)
Z