Singer John Legend says Republicans wouldn’t vote for a black man for President (see below excerpt from WaPo). Looks like Legend needs history lesson.
On this, the 40th Anniversary of the day Martin Luther King, Jr was gunned down (by a democrat?).
I ask you to take a look here at just some of the things the Republican party has done for civil rights–including starting with waging a war to free the slaves and then signing the Emancipation Proclamation.

John Legend: I think America is ready to elect Barack. It’s not insert-any-black-man-here and they would vote for him, but Barack is a unique and special person. And so I don’t really like the question of “is America ready for a black president?” because it’s more about the specific individual. And the thing is, the people who wouldn’t vote for a person because they’re black wouldn’t vote for a democrat anyway. And so I think it’s all about the right candidate and I think Barack is the right candidate and part of what is great about him is that he really is inspiring young people to participate and they really are getting involved, going door to door, voting, contributing small amounts of money, which I haven’t really seen before.