Martin Luther King was a Republican, why do blacks think republicans don't

[flesh]

People will vote for whoever gives out the most handouts. That or who fits the color template. Black vote=obama/dems.
He fits both criteria.

[a bush family member]

Democrats are fooling people into thinking Democrats care about them.

In reality, Republicans have done far more to help the African American community than Democrats have.

Also, it is the Republican party that is trying to keep illegal immigrants from taking jobs away from African Americans.
Illegal Immigration Is Hurting African Americans. Why Don't Democrats Care?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvAY_Bg6U..LEmVMHs8dwEgjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid =20071216112747AAoSCvu


Why Are Democrats Against President Bush's Administration's Crack Down On Employers Of Illegal Immigrants?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ai.XMl3tXh3lXAhdcvl8M9cjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid =20071214151121AAEgJIY

[Yellowbeard]

so why did most republicans oppose the civil rights movement?

bottom line, the civil rights movement was a liberal achievement. liberalism is closely associated with the democratic party. sorry to spoil your fun.

[narcolepzzzz]

probably for the same reason that most people refuse to acknowledge that the republican party was founded, among other things, on abolishing slavery (that the dem's were proponents of).... or the dems in the kkk