The Republican Party has allowed others to define the arguments of civil rights during the last couple of decades. The examination of issues most relevant to African Americans, reaffirm our political ideal of working toward self-empowerment and individual freedom.

The social engineering policies of the Democrats have proven to be destructive to the black family, black empowerment, and black self-confidence. The Republican Party now offers a solution to the structural barriers to social and economic mobility.
While Democrats, for political gain, continue to push enabling dependency programs which destroy the black family, we can no longer remain silent to slavery 2.0. It is unacceptable that the Cook County Democrat machine prevents the natural leadership from emerging in the poor black communities simply for the personal gain of a few.

Unless both political parties have the opportunity to compete for the black vote, the interests of the black community will not be represented in government. To that end, we confidently extend the hand of welcome to any in the black community who would like to join us in reshaping Chicago for the betterment of all.

The Chicago Republican Party declares racism is an important, critical moral issue that we will address, until this moral disease has been completely eliminated from our society. We encourage every government official, candidate, and interest group which is truly interested in changing the lives of African Americans for the better to sign our “Racism Resolution.”

Resolution: Racism - A Moral Issue

WHEREAS, the Republican Party was formed in 1854 to address the issue of slavery; and

WHEREAS, the Republican Party viewed Slavery as a moral issue; and

WHEREAS, the Republican Party sponsored, introduced and passed the 13th Amendment to end slavery; and

WHEREAS, the Republican Party sponsored, introduced and passed the 14th Amendment to give citizenship to African Americans; and

WHEREAS, the Republican Party sponsored, introduced and passed the 15th Amendment to give African Americans the right to vote; and

WHEREAS, the Republican Party sponsored, introduced and passed the 1866 Civil Rights Act, the 1875 Civil Rights Act and the Reconstruction Act of 1867 to bring about equality for African Americans; and

WHEREAS, the Republican Party sponsored, introduced and passed the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 to stop Klan activities; and

WHEREAS, the Republican Party sponsored, co-sponsored and supported modern-day Civil Rights legislation including the 1957 Civil Rights Act, the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the 1972 Equal Employment Opportunity Act and the legalization of Dr. King's birthday; and

WHEREAS, the Republican Party praised the decision in Brown v. the Board of Education and condemned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision and the Dred Scott decision; and

WHEREAS, the Republican Party has a historical track record of fighting against racism from 1854 to the present day, including support in 2005 of the renewal of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; and

WHEREAS, the founders and the predecessors of the Republican Party viewed racism as a moral issue and gave their lives and legislative efforts to eliminate it.

We hereby resolve that the Chicago Republican Party has declared racism an important, critical moral issue that we will address, until this moral disease has been completely eliminated from our society.