Black conservatism in the United States

{{short description|Movement within conservatism among African Americans}}

In the United States, black conservatism is a political and social movement rooted in African-American communities that aligns largely with the American conservative movement, including the Christian right.{{cite book |last1=Diamond |first1=Sara |title=Facing the Wrath: Confronting the Right in Dangerous Times |date=1996 |publisher=Common Courage Press |isbn=978-1-56751-078-2 |page=96 |language=English |quote=Christian Right activists allied with black conservatives to make their causes appear more mainstream across racial and class lines. In this vein, the Family Research Council (the lobbying affiliate of Focus on the Family) recently named as vice-president Kay Cole James, a black anti-abortion activist.}} Black conservatism emphasizes social conservatism, traditionalism, patriotism, capitalism, and free markets. What characterizes a 'black conservative' has changed over time, and proponents do not necessarily share the same political philosophy.

Influential black Republicans in the early 21st century who have held public office include U.S. Senator Tim Scott, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears, and Cabinet secretaries Ben Carson, Condoleezza Rice, and Colin Powell. Political commentators Candace Owens, Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steele, Armstrong Williams, Larry Elder, Walter Williams, and Jason L. Riley are influential figures in black conservatism.{{cite news |date=2007-10-04 |title=Lexington: The school of very hard knocks |publisher=The Economist |url=http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9905608 |access-date=2011-05-17}}

Overview

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= Beliefs =

One of the main characteristics of black conservatism is its emphasis on personal choice and responsibilities above socioeconomic status and institutional racism.{{cite news |last=Wright Rigueur |first=Leah |date=15 February 2015 |title=The Forgotten History of Black Republicans |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/12/the-forgotten-history-of-black-republicans.html |work=The Daily Beast |location=New York City |access-date=30 March 2017 }}For an overview of these themes, see Stan Faryna, Brad Stetson, and Joseph G. Conti, Eds., Black and Right: The Bold New Voice of Black Conservatives in America, (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1997)

Black conservatives typically support do-for-self, self reliance, and personal responsibility. Black conservatives tend to be self-critical of aspects of African-American culture that they believe have created poverty and dependency.{{cite book|author1=Brian Greenberg|author2=Linda S. Watts|author3=Richard A. Greenwald|author4=Gordon Reavley|author5=Alice L. George|author6=Scott Beekman|author7=Cecelia Bucki|author8=Mark Ciabattari|author9=John C. Stoner|author10=Troy D. Paino|author11=Laurie Mercier|author12=Andrew Hunt|author13=Peter C. Holloran|author14=Nancy Cohen|title=Social History of the United States [10 volumes]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xypn4djxVD4C&pg=RA8-PA360|year=2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-59884-128-2|page=360}}

John McWhorter's 2000 book Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America and Bill Cosby's 2004 "Pound Cake speech" exemplified this critique, though their authors did not strictly come from the black conservative movement.

A 2007 Pew Research Center survey showed that 19% of blacks identified as Religious Right.[http://pewforum.org/docs/index.php?DocID=153#2 Pew Forum: Many Americans Uneasy with Mix of Religion and Politics] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928060002/http://pewforum.org/docs/index.php?DocID=153#2 |date=September 28, 2007 }} In 2004, though, the Pew Research Center indicated only 7% of blacks identified as Republican.[http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?PageID=750 Part 1: Party Affiliation: The 2004 Political Landscape] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411030528/http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?PageID=750 |date=April 11, 2008 }}

A National Election Pool poll showed that support for California Proposition 8 (2008) (a state constitutional amendment defining marriage as an opposite-sex union) was strong among African-American voters; 70% of those interviewed in the exit poll—a higher percentage than any other racial group—stated that they voted in favor of Proposition 8.{{cite news|url=http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/exit-poll-shows-blacks-hispanics-overwhelmingly-ba/nKXyL/ |title=Exit Poll Shows Blacks, Hispanics Overwhelmingly Backed Prop. 8 |date=November 5, 2008 |publisher=KTVU |access-date=March 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917230950/http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/exit-poll-shows-blacks-hispanics-overwhelmingly-ba/nKXyL/ |archive-date=September 17, 2012 }} Polls by both the Associated Press and CNN mirrored this data, reporting support among black voters to be at 70%{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/11/70-of-african-a.html |title=70% of African Americans backed Prop. 8, exit poll finds |publisher=Latimesblogs.latimes.com |date=2008-11-05 |access-date=2013-11-01}} and 75%,{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#val=CAI01p1 |title=Local Exit Polls – Election Center 2008 – Elections & Politics from |publisher=CNN.com |access-date=2013-11-01}} respectively. African-American support was considered crucial to the Proposition's passage because African Americans made up an unusually large percentage of voters in 2008; the presence of African-American presidential candidate Barack Obama on the ballot was believed to have increased African-American voter turnout.{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-timelinegaymarriage-2008nov06,0,496938.story |title=Focused beyond marriage |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2008-11-06 |access-date=2013-11-01 |first1=Dan |last1=Morain |first2=Jessica |last2=Garrison}}

= Historical basis =

From Reconstruction up until the New Deal, the black population tended to vote Republican. During that period, the Republican Party—particularly in the Southern United States—was seen as more racially progressive than the Democratic Party, primarily because of the role of the Southern wing of the Democratic Party as the party of racial segregation and the Republican Party's roots in the abolitionist movement (see Dixiecrats).

Blacks started to shift in significant numbers to the Democrats with the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt{{cite web |url=http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/fdroosevelt/essays/biography/8 |title=American President: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The American Franchine |publisher=Millercenter.org |access-date=2011-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127014021/http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/fdroosevelt/essays/biography/8 |archive-date=2010-11-27 |url-status=dead }} and continued with the election of John F. Kennedy. Among Truman Administration officials, the publication of Henry Lee Moon's Balance of Power spurred Democratic partisan support for African-American constituencies.{{cite book |last1=Gilmore |first1=Glenda Elizabeth |title=These United States: A Nation in the Making, 1890-Present |date=2016 |publisher=W.W. Norton & Co. |location=New York |isbn=9780393283075 |page=24 |edition=First}} This shift was also influenced by Herbert Hoover's practice of firing loyal African-Americans from positions within the Republican Party, in order to increase his appeal to Southern white voters.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/behindmuleracecl00daws|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/behindmuleracecl00daws/page/102 102]|quote=herbert hoover fired black republicans.|title=Behind the Mule: Race and Class in African-American Politics|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=0691025436|last1=Dawson|first1=Michael C.|year=1995}} This can be considered an early example of a set of Republican Party methods that were later termed the Southern Strategy.{{cite web |url=https://www.history.com/news/how-the-party-of-lincoln-won-over-the-once-democratic-south |title=How the party of Lincoln won over the once democratic south |website=History.com|date=September 3, 2021}}{{better source needed|History.com is not considered a reliable source|date=November 2021}}

Timeline of events

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This is a timeline of significant events in African-American history that have shaped the conservative movement in the United States.

; 1950s

1954 – President Dwight Eisenhower appoints the following:
Archie Alexander as Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands
J. Ernest Wilkins Sr. as Undersecretary of Labor for International Labor Affairs
E. Frederic Morrow as Administrative Officer for Special Projects

; 1960s

Melvin H. Evans is elected Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands

; 1970s

1975 – President Gerald Ford appoints the following:
William T. Coleman as Secretary of Transportation
James B. Parsons is named Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court in Chicago
1978 – Melvin H. Evans is elected to U.S. Congress (Virgin Islands)
1979 – Ethel D. Allen is appointed Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

; 1980s

1980 – NAACP President Benjamin Hooks is invited to address the Republican National Convention
1981 – President Ronald Reagan appoints the following:
Clarence M. Pendleton Jr. as Chairman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Samuel Pierce as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
1982 – President Reagan appoints Clarence Thomas as Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
1985 – President Reagan appoints Alan Keyes the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs.
1987 – President Reagan appoints Colin L. Powell the National Security Advisor.
1989 – President George H. W. Bush appoints the following:
Louis Wade Sullivan as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
General Colin L. Powell as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Condoleezza Rice as Senior Director of the National Security Council for Soviet and East European Affairs
Constance Berry Newman as Director of United States Office of Personnel Management
Vernon Parker as Special Assistant to the President on the White House Staff

; 1990s

1990 – Arthur Fletcher is appointed as the Chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights
1990 – President George H. W. Bush appoints George W. Haley chairman of the Postal Rate Commission
1990 – Gary Franks (CT) is elected to U.S. Congress
1991 – President George H. W. Bush appoints Clarence Thomas to U.S. Supreme Court
1993 – President George H. W. Bush appoints John W. Shannon as United States Under Secretary of the Army
1994 – Victoria Buckley elected as Secretary of State of Colorado
Lonna Hooks appointed as Secretary of State of New Jersey
1994 – J. C. Watts (OK) elected to U.S. Congress
1998 – U.S. House of Representatives elects J. C. Watts (R-OK) to be Chairman of the House Republican Conference.
1998 – DeForest Soaries appointed as Secretary of State of New Jersey
1998 – Ken Blackwell elected as the Ohio Secretary of State
1998 – Joe Rogers elected as the Lieutenant Governor of Colorado

; 2000s

2001 – President George W. Bush appoints the following:
General Colin Powell as the United States Secretary of State
Roderick R. Paige as the United States Secretary of Education
Condoleezza Rice as Advisor of the National Security Council
Alphonso Jackson as the Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Claude Allen as the Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services
Leo S. Mackay Jr. as the Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Larry D. Thompson as the United States Deputy Attorney General
Michael Powell as the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
Stephen A. Perry as Administrator of General Services Administration
Kay Coles James as Director of United States Office of Personnel Management
Charles E. James, Sr. as Director of Federal Contract Compliance
Ruth A. Davis as Director General of the Foreign Service
Reginald J. Brown as Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
Brigadier General Francis X. Taylor as Coordinator for Counterterrorism
Eric M. Bost as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services
Brian C. Roseboro as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets
Dr. Eric Motley as Deputy Associate Director, Office of Presidential Personnel
Pierre-Richard Prosper as United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
Andrea Barthwell as deputy director for Demand Reduction at the Office of National Drug Control Policy
2001 – Randy Daniels, Secretary of State of New York joins the GOP.
2002 – President George W. Bush appoints the following:
Major General Claude M. Bolton Jr. as United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
Lynn Swann as Chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
Brigadier General Francis X. Taylor as Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security
Ron Christie as Special Assistant to the President
2002 – Michael Steele elected as Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
2002 – Jennette Bradley elected as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
2003 – President George W. Bush appoints the following:
Clark Ervin as Inspector General of the United States Department of Homeland Security
Vernon Parker as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights
2004 – President George W. Bush appoints the following:
Alphonso Jackson as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Gerald A. Reynolds as Chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights
Constance Berry Newman as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Brian C. Roseboro as Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance
2004 – Randy Brock elected as Vermont Auditor of Accounts
2005 – President George W. Bush appoints the following:
Condoleezza Rice as United States Secretary of State
Claude Allen as Director of the Domestic Policy Council
Admiral John O. Agwunobi as United States Assistant Secretary for Health
Jendayi Frazer as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
B. J. Penn as Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installation and Environment)
2005 – Jennette Bradley is appointed Ohio State Treasurer
2006 – President George W. Bush appoints the following:
Lurita Doan as Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration
Ronald J. James as Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
Naomi C. Earp as Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
2009 – Michael Steele elected Chairman of the Republican National Committee

; 2010s

2010 – Tim Scott (SC) and Lt Col. Allen West (FL) elected to U.S. Congress
2010 – Jennifer Carroll is elected Lieutenant Governor of Florida{{cite web |url=http://www.flgov.com/meet-the-lt-governor |title=Meet Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll |access-date=2012-03-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312170453/http://www.flgov.com/meet-the-lt-governor/ |archive-date=2012-03-12 }}
2011 – Herman Cain sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2012
2012 – Artur Davis, a former Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives joins the GOP.
2013 – Tim Scott (SC) is appointed to the U.S. Senate.
2013 – Dwayne Sawyer is appointed as Indiana State Auditor
2014 – Mia Love (UT) and Will Hurd (TX) elected to U.S. Congress
2014 – Boyd Rutherford is elected Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
2015 – Ben Carson sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2016
2015 – Jenean Hampton is elected Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
2016 – Curtis Hill is elected Indiana Attorney General
2016 – Colin Powell receives three electoral votes for president from faithless electors
2017 – President Donald Trump appoints the following:
Ben Carson as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Omarosa Manigault as Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison
Jerome Adams as Surgeon General of the United States
Naomi C. Earp as Agriculture Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
Alveda King as a member of the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission
Johnny C. Taylor Jr. as Chairman of the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Ja'Ron Smith as Director of Urban Affairs and Revitalization
Charles E. James, Sr. as Director of the Transport Department Office of Civil Rights
Cyril Sartor as Director for African Affairs
James E. Williams as Chief Financial Officer of Labor
Brigadier General L. Eric Patterson as Director of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service
Jacquelyn Hayes-Byrd as Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Human Resources and Administration
Dana W. White as Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Andrew F. Knaggs as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Combating Terrorism
Gary Washington as Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation
2018 – President Donald Trump appoints the following:
Kiron Skinner as Director of Policy Planning
2018 – Robyn Crittenden appointed Secretary of State of Georgia
2019 – President Donald Trump appoints the following:
Tamara Bonzanto as Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Accountability and Whistleblower Protection)
Hannibal Ware as Inspector General of the Small Business Administration
Michael Kubayanda as Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission
Rodney Hood as a Member of the National Credit Union Administration
2019 – Daniel Cameron elected Kentucky Attorney General

;2020s

2020 – Burgess Owens (UT) and Byron Donalds (FL){{Cite web|url=https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/03/us-congressional-house-district-19-election-results-winner-byron-donalds-cindy-banyai/6045674002/|title='Blessed and highly favored' Byron Donalds wins election for U.S. Congressional District 19, pledges water quality No. 1 priority}} elected to U.S. Congress
2020 – Mark Robinson is elected Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
2021 – Winsome Sears is elected Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
2022 – Wesley Hunt (TX) and John James (MI) elected to U.S. Congress

African-American conservative politicians

=Alabama=

Kenneth Paschal – Alabama State Representative (2021–present){{cite web | last=Moseley | first=Brandon | title=Kenneth Paschal in HD73 special election on Tuesday | website=Alabama Political Reporter | date=2021-07-12 | url=https://www.alreporter.com/2021/07/12/__trashed-27/ | access-date=2022-07-25}}
Juan Chastang – Mobile County Commissioner (2005–2008){{cite web | title=chastang | website=Mobile Bay Times | url=http://www.mobilebaytimes.com/chastang.html | access-date=2022-07-25}}

=Alaska=

David S. Wilson – Alaska State Senator (2017–2025)
Stanley Wright - Alaska State Assemblyman (2023-2026)
Sharon Jackson – Alaska State Assemblywoman (2018–2021){{cite web | title=Sharon Jackson For Alaska | website=Sharon Jackson For House (24) | url=https://jacksonforhouse.com/ | access-date=2022-07-25 | archive-date=2023-01-04 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104195114/https://jacksonforhouse.com/ | url-status=dead }}
Walt Furnace – Alaska State Assemblyman (1983–1991)
Selwyn Carrol – Alaska State Assemblyman (1973–1975)

=Arizona=

David Marshall – Arizona State Representative (2023-present)
Jerone Davison – U.S. House candidate (2022) and Oakland Raiders football player
Walter Blackman – Arizona State Representative (2019–2023; 2025-present) and U.S. House candidate (2022)

=Arkansas=

Joseph K. Wood - Chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party (2023-present)

=California=

Kevin Lincoln – Mayor of Stockton (2021-present)
Larry Elder{{Cite web|last=Seipel|first=Brooke|date=July 12, 2021|title=Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder enters California recall election against Newsom|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/562656-conservative-talk-radio-host-larry-elder-enters-california-recall-election/|access-date=July 12, 2021|website=The Hill|language=en}} – Governor of California nominee (2021)
Rosey Grier – Governor of California candidate (2018) and New York Giants football player.
Damon Dunn – California Secretary of State nominee (2010) and Dallas Cowboys football player
H. Abram Wilson – Mayor of San Ramon (2002–2007)
Ward Connerly – University of California Regent (1993–2005)

=Connecticut=

Aundre Bumgardner – Connecticut State Representative (2015–2017)
George Logan – Connecticut State Senator (2017–2021) and U.S. House nominee (2022)

=Delaware=

Donald Blakey – Delaware State Representative (2007–2015)

=Florida=

Renatha Francis – Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida (2022-present)
Corey Simon – Florida State Senator (2022-present) and Indianapolis Colts football player.
Berny Jacques - Florida State Representative (2022-present)
Kiyan Michael - Florida State Representative (2022-present)
Webster Barnaby – Florida State Representative (2021–present)
Mike Hill – Florida State Representative (2019–2021 and 2013–2017)
Peter Boulware – Florida House of Representatives nominee (2008) and Baltimore Ravens football player{{cite web|url=http://www.voteboulware.com/ |title=Peter Boulware |access-date=2008-08-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828042127/http://www.voteboulware.com/ |archive-date=2008-08-28 }}

=Georgia=

Mesha Mainor - Georgia State Representative (2021-2025; elected as a Democrat, switched to Republican in July 2023)
Herschel Walker – U.S. Senate nominee (2022) and Dallas Cowboys football player
Larry Rivers – Commissioner of Chatham County (2021–2023) and Harlem Globetrotters basketballer
Melvin Everson – Georgia State Representative (2005–2011)
Willie Talton – Georgia State Representative (2005–2015)
Harold Melton – Associate Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court (2005–2018) and Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court (2018–2021)
Vernon Jones – Georgia State Representative (1993–2001 and 2017–2021; previously a Democrat, switched to Republican in January 2021)

=Hawaii=

Kenji Price - United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii (2018-2021)

=Illinois=

Richard Irvin – Mayor of Aurora (2017–present)
Erika Harold – Illinois Attorney General nominee (2018), U.S. House candidate (2012/2014) and Miss America (2003)
John D. Anthony – Illinois State Representative (2013–2016)

=Indiana=

Roger Brown – Indianapolis City Councillor (1993-1997) and Indiana Pacers basketball player
Ray Crowe – Indiana State Representative (1966-1975)

=Iowa=

Eddie Andrews – Iowa State Representative (2021–present)

=Kansas=

Patrick Penn – Kansas State Representative (2021-present)
Tony Barton – Kansas State Representative (2015–2017)
Willie Dove – Kansas State Representative (2013–2021)
George W. Haley {{citation needed|date=September 2021}} – Kansas State Senator (1964–1968)
Edwin Sexton – Kansas State Senator (1964-1965)

=Kentucky=

Donald Douglas – Kentucky State Senator (2021–present)

=Louisiana=

Elbert Guillory – Louisiana State Senator (2009–2015) and Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana candidate (2015 and 2023)
Ezola Foster, Reform Party Vice Presidential candidate of Pat Buchanan in the 2000 race against Al Gore and George W. Bush

=Maryland=

LaToya Nkongolo - Maryland State Delegate (2025-present)
Brenda J. Thiam – Maryland State Delegate (2020–2023)
Kimberly Klacik – U.S. House nominee (2020)
Aris T. Allen – Maryland State Delegate (1991 and 1967–1974), Lieutenant Governor nominee (1978) and State Senator (1979–1982)

=Massachusetts=

Marcus Vaughn - Massachusetts State Representative (2023-present)
Frank Cousins – Massachusetts State Representative (1993–1996) and Essex County Sheriff (1996–2018)
Althea Garrison – Massachusetts State Representative (1993–1995)

=Michigan=

Kurtis T. Wilder – Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (2017–2018)
James Craig – Chief of the Detroit Police Department (2013-2021) and Gubernatorial candidate (2022)
Paul H. Scott – Michigan State Representative (2009–2011)
Larry DeShazor – Michigan State Representative (2009–2011)
Robert P. Young Jr. – Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1999–2017) and Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (2011–2017)
Bill Hardiman – Michigan State Senator (2003–2011), Mayor of Kentwood, Michigan (1992–2002) and U.S. House candidate (2010)
Keith Butler – Detroit Councilman (1989–1993) and U.S. Senate candidate (2006)
William Lucas – Wayne County Sheriff (1969–1982) and Governor of Michigan nominee (1986)
John James, United States Congressman representing the 10th district (2023-present).

=Minnesota=

Royce White – U.S. Senate nominee (2024) and Sacramento Kings basketball player
Walter Hudson – Minnesota State Representative (2023–present)
Lisa Demuth – Minnesota State Representative (2019–present) and Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives (2025-present)
Ray Pleasant – Minnesota State Representative (1973–1981)

=Mississippi=

Rodney Hall - Mississippi State Representative (2024-present)
Angela McGlowan – Miss District of Columbia USA (1994) and U.S. House candidate (2010)
Nic Lott – chairman for the Mississippi Young Republicans
Yvonne Brown – Mayor of Tchula, Mississippi (2001–2009) and U.S. House nominee (2006)
Charles Evers – Mayor of Fayette, Mississippi (1969–1981 and 1985–1989)
Perry Wilbon Howard II - Republican National Committeeman from Mississippi (1924-1960)
Mary Booze - Republican National Committeewoman from Mississippi (1924-1955)

=Missouri=

Justin Hicks - Missouri State Representative (2023-2025)
Shamed Dogan – Missouri State Representative (2015–2023)
Neal E. Boyd – 2008 Winner of America's Got Talent and nominee/candidate for the Missouri House of Representatives (2012/2014)
Sherman Parker – Missouri State Representative (2002–2008)
Carson Ross – Missouri State Representative (1989–2002) and Mayor of Blue Springs, Missouri (2008–2022)

=Nebraska=

Dinah Abrahamson – Nebraska State Central Committeewoman (2005–2013)

=Nevada=

Niger Innis – Director of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and U.S. House candidate (2014)
Maurice Washington – Nevada State Senator (1994–2010)
Lynette Boggs – Miss Oregon (1989), Las Vegas City Council (1999–2004), Clark County Commission (2004–2006) and U.S. House nominee (2002)

=New Hampshire=

Jim Lawrence – New Hampshire State Representative (2004–2010) and U.S. House nominee (2016)

=New Jersey=

Antwan McClellan – New Jersey State Assemblyman (2020–present)
Garry Cobb – U.S. House nominee (2014) and Dallas Cowboys football player
Bruce Harris – Mayor of Chatham Borough, New Jersey (2012–2019) and member of the New Jersey State Planning Commission (2020–present){{cite web |url=https://www.tapinto.net/towns/chatham/sections/government/articles/former-chatham-borough-mayor-bruce-harris-named-as-new-member-of-state-planning-commission |title=Former Chatham Borough Mayor Bruce Harris Named as New Member of State Planning Commission |website=Chatham TapInto |date=February 27, 2020 |access-date=March 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327015056/https://www.tapinto.net/towns/chatham/sections/government/articles/former-chatham-borough-mayor-bruce-harris-named-as-new-member-of-state-planning-commission |archive-date=March 27, 2020 |url-status=live}}
Martin G. Barnes – Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey (1997–2002)
Thomas S. Smith – New Jersey State Assemblyman (1992–2002)
Jim Usry – Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey (1984–1990)
Matthew G. Carter {{citation needed|date=September 2021}} – Mayor of Montclair, New Jersey (1968–1972)

=New Mexico=

Conrad James – New Mexico State Representative (2010–2012 and 2014–2016)
Jane Powdrell-Culbert – New Mexico State Representative (2002–2022)
Anthony Thornton – New Mexico State Senator (2024-present)

=New York=

Mazi Melesa Pilip - Member of the Nassau County New York Legislature (2022-present)
Joe Pinion - United States Senate nominee 2022
Keith Wofford – Attorney General of New York nominee (2018)
Michel Faulkner – U.S. House nominee (2010) and New York Jets football player
Roy Innis – Chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and a board member of the National Rifle Association of America.{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16324652&ft=1&f=5 |title='Ricochet' Goes Behind Scenes of Gun Lobby |date=2007-11-15 |publisher=National Public Radio |access-date=2007-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629195130/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16324652&ft=1&f=5 |archive-date=June 29, 2009 |url-status=live}}[http://www.nrawinningteam.com/bios99/innis.html "Roy Innis re-elected to NRA Board"], NRAwinningteam.com. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013003459/http://www.nrawinningteam.com/bios99/innis.html |date=October 13, 2007 }}
Myrtle Whitmore - Commissioner of the New York City Housing Authority (1996-1999)
Richard E. Jackson – Commissioner of Motor Vehicles (1995–2000)
Joseph Holland – Commissioner of Communities and Urban Renewal (1995-1997)
James Garner – Mayor of Hempstead (1988–2005) and U.S. House nominee (2004)

=North Carolina=

Brian Echevarria - North Carolina State Representative (2025-present)
Ken Fontenot - North Carolina State Representative (2023-2025)
Thomas Stith III – Governor of North Carolina Pat McCrory's Chief of Staff (2013–2016)
Dr. Ada Fisher – NC Republican National Committeewoman (2008–present) and U.S. House nominee (2006 and 2008)

Mark Robinson – Former Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina (2021-2025)

=Ohio=

Josh Williams - Ohio State Representative (2023-present)
Michele Reynolds - Ohio State Senator (2023-present)
Janet C. Howard - Ohio State Senator (1995-1998)
Robert C. Henry– Mayor of Springfield, Ohio (1966–1968)

=Oklahoma=

Erick Harris - Oklahoma State Representative (2024-present)

Marlon Coleman - Mayor of Muskogee (2020-2024)
T. W. Shannon – Oklahoma State Representative (2007–2015) and Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (2013–2014)

=Oregon=

Jackie Winters – Oregon State Senator (2002–2019)

=Pennsylvania=

Timothy DeFoor - Pennsylvania Auditor General (2021-present)
Kathy Barnette - Political commentator, 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania nominee and 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania candidate
Harry Lewis Jr. – Pennsylvania State Representative (2014–2018)
Lynn Swann – Governor of Pennsylvania Nominee (2006) and Pittsburgh Steelers football player{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/16/AR2006081601642.html |title=Lynn Swann, Happy to Be on the President's Team |work=washingtonpost.com |date= 2006-08-17|access-date=2011-05-17 |first=Michael A. |last=Fletcher}}
Renee Amoore – Pennsylvania's Republican State Committeewoman (1992–2000)

=South Carolina=

Harriet Holman – South Carolina State Representative (2024–present)
Mike Reichenbach - South Carolina State Senator (2022-present)
Samuel Rivers Jr. – South Carolina State Representative (2012–2018)

=South Dakota=

Tony Randolph – South Dakota State Representative (2018–present)

=Texas=

Katrina Pierson - Texas state representative (2025-present)
Charles Cunningham – Texas State Representative (2023–present)
Eric Johnson - Mayor of Dallas (2019-present; elected as a Democrat, switched to Republican in 2023)
Shawn Thierry - Texas State Representative (2017-2025; elected as a Democrat, switched to Republican in August 2024)
Scott Turner – Texas State Representative (2013–2017) and Denver Broncos football player
Stefani Carter – Texas State Representative (2011–2015)
James White – Texas State Representative (2011–2023)
Michael L. Williams – Commissioner of the Texas Education Agency (2012–2015), Chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission (1999–2011) and U.S. House candidate (2012)
Robin Armstrong – Vice Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas (2006–2010)
Dale Wainwright – Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (2003–2012)
Wallace Jefferson – Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (2001–2004) and Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (2004–2013)
Clay Smothers – Texas State Representative (1977–1981)

=Utah=

Alvin B. Jackson – Utah State Senator (2013–2016)
James Evans – Utah State Senator (2002–2004) and Chairman of the Utah Republican Party (2013–2017)

=Vermont=

Randy Brock - Vermont State Senator (2009-2013, 2017-present) and Vermont Auditor of Accounts (2005-2007)

=Virginia=

A.C Cordoza - Virginia State Delegate (2022-present)
E. W. Jackson – Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Nominee (2013)
Paul Clinton Harris – Virginia State Delegate (1998–2002)
Noel C. Taylor {{citation needed|date=September 2021}}– Mayor of Roanoke, Virginia (1975–1992)

=Washington=

Michael Ross {{citation needed|date=September 2021}} – Washington State Representative (1971–1973)
Charles Stokes {{citation needed|date=September 2021}}– Washington State Representative (1951–1959)

=West Virginia=

Caleb Hanna – West Virginia State Delegate (2018–2024)
Jill Upson – West Virginia State Delegate (2014–2018)

=Wisconsin=

Julian Bradley – Wisconsin State Senate (2021–present)

=Wyoming=

Lynn Hutchings – Wyoming State Representative (2012–2014) and Wyoming State Senator (2018–present)

Other people

= United States judges =

Angela Tucker{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} – Texas District Court Judge (2012–present)
Ada E. Brown – United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Clarence Thomas – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1991–present)
David W. Williams – Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California (1969–2000)
George C. Hanks Jr. – Justice on the Texas state First Court of Appeals (2010–2015) and Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (2015–present)
Janice Rogers Brown – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California (1996–2005) and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (2005–2017)
Jerome Holmes – United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Kevin A. Ross – Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court (1996–2005) and Judge on America's Court with Judge Ross (2010–present)
Lisa Holder White - Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court (since 2022), Judge of the Illinois Fourth District Appellate Court (2013-2022), Trial Judge Illinois Sixth Judicial Circuit Court (2001-2013)
Lynn Toler{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} – Arbitrator on the court series Divorce Court (2001–present){{cite web|url=http://blackamericaweb.com/2012/09/24/judge-lynn-toler-yes-im-republican/|title=Judge Lynn Toler: Yes, I'm Republican|date=24 September 2012}}
Robert Heberton Terrell – Judge to the District of Columbia Municipal Court (1901–1924)
Sara J. Harper{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} – Ohio Court of Appeals (1990–2003)

= TV personalities, authors and journalists =

Amy Holmes – News anchor and political contributor on CNN{{cite web | title=CNN TV - Anchors/Reporters:Amy Holmes | website=CNN International | url=https://edition.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/holmes.amy.html | access-date=2021-09-14}}
Armond White – Film critic for National Review and Out Magazine
Armstrong Williams – Author of Beyond Blame and TV host of On Point, National Association [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_/ai_n13610411]{{dead link|date=May 2011}}
Ben Kinchlow – Evangelist, television and radio personality
Brandon Tatum – Former police officer, commentator and professional speaker.
Candace Owens – Writer and commentator
Carol M. Swain – Television personality and professor of political science and law at Vanderbilt University
Charles Payne – Fox News and Fox Business journalist
CJ Pearson – Journalist
C.L. Bryant – TV host
Deneen Borelli – Author, columnist, and Fox News contributor
Diamond and Silk (Lynnette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson) – Live-stream video bloggers, political activists and Newsmax TV hosts
Eboni K. Williams - Attorney and radio and TV personality
George Schuyler – Journalist
Philippa Schuyler{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} – Pianist, author, journalist
Hallie Quinn Brown{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} – Author
Harris Faulkner – Television host for Fox News
James Golden – Producer for The Rush Limbaugh Show (under the alias "Bo Snerdley")
Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson – President of the Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny{{cite web|url=http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050411/blumenthal |title=April 11, 2005 |publisher=The Nation |access-date=2011-05-17}}
Jason Riley – Journalist
Jason Whitlock – Sports Journalist, radio personality, commentator and writer.
Katrina Pierson – Tea Party activist, communications consultant and a regular CNN contributor
Kathy Barnette - Policy commentator and former political candidate
Larry Elder – Author of 10 Things You Can't Say in America and radio host{{cite web|url=http://townhall.com/columnists/LarryElder/ |title=Larry Elder – Conservative Columnist and Political Commentator 2003 Column Archive |publisher=Townhall.com |access-date=2011-05-17}}
Lawrence Dennis – Mixed-race, diplomat, consultant, author
Lawrence B. Jones – Radio host, contributor to Fox News, and author
Lenny McAllister – Author of Diary of a Mad Black PYC (Proud Young Conservative) and radio talk-show host from WVON-AM Chicago{{cite web|url=http://www.wvon.com/personalities |title=WVON 1690 AM – The Talk of Chicago | Weekday Line-up |publisher=Wvon.com |access-date=2011-05-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720024316/http://www.wvon.com/personalities/ |archive-date=2011-07-20 }}
Leo Terrell – civil rights attorney, talk radio host
Lester Holt – News anchor at NBC News, a registered Republican since 2003{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/20/494791154/oops-trump-calls-nbc-news-anchor-and-fellow-gop-er-lester-holt-a-democrat|title=Trump Calls NBC News Anchor And Fellow GOP'er Lester Holt A Democrat|website=NPR|date=20 September 2016|last1=Folkenflik|first1=David}}
Michael King{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} – Emmy Award-winning television producer
Michelle Bernard – Journalist
Nannie Helen Burroughs{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} – Author
Paris Dennard – Commentator on CNN and NPR, and the Senior Director of Strategic Communications for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Raynard Jackson – Columnist and TV political analyst
Shelby Steele – Author
Samantha Marika – Political commentator
Anton Daniels – YouTube personality{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=InrXjKafT50|title=MAGA Anton Debates With A Black Liberal/Independent Veteran|date=November 16, 2022|website=YouTube.com|access-date=March 23, 2024}}
Tommy Sotomayor – Radio and internet talk show host, YouTube personality, men's rights activist and film producer{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMRvas6ssq8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807024143/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMRvas6ssq8&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=2015-08-07 |url-status=dead|title=How Democrats & White Liberals Are Destroying The Black American People!|first=Tommy|last=Sotomayor|date=6 August 2015|via=YouTube}}
Tony Brown – Journalist and host of Tony Brown's Journal
Tyrus (wrestler) – Professional wrestler, actor and Fox News commentator
Zora Neale Hurston - Author, anthropologist and filmmaker

= Military =

Lieutenant Colonel Frances Rice – Chairwoman of the National Black Republican Association
Major General Mary J. Kight – Adjutant General of California (2010–2011){{cite web |url=http://www.ng.mil/ngbGomo/library/bio/1711.htm |title=Brigadier General Mary J. Kight |access-date=2012-12-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729093106/http://www.ng.mil/ngbgomo/library/bio/1711.htm |archive-date=2009-07-29 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.129rqw.ang.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123188673|title=Governor Schwarzenegger Appoints Brigadier General Mary J. Kight Adjutant General of the California National Guard|first=|last=|access-date=2012-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530011603/http://www.129rqw.ang.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123188673|archive-date=2015-05-30|url-status=dead}}{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-feb-01-la-me-national-guard2-2010feb02-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Michael | last=Rothfeld | title=Mary J. Kight continues to be a trailblazer | date=2010-02-01}}
Lieutenant General Russel L. Honoré[http://www.bayoubuzz.com/News/Louisiana/Politics/General_Russell_Honore_To_Run_Vs_David_Vitter_In_Louisiana_US_Race__9439.asp General Russell Honore To Run Vs David Vitter In Louisiana US Race?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901105635/http://www.bayoubuzz.com/News/Louisiana/Politics/General_Russell_Honore_To_Run_Vs_David_Vitter_In_Louisiana_US_Race__9439.asp |date=2009-09-01 }}

= Columnists =

Deroy Murdock – National Review columnist
Ken Hamblin – Denver Post columnist
Jason L. Riley — The Wall Street Journal
Robert A. George – Columnist for the New York Post
Sophia A. Nelson – Chair of PoliticalIntersection.com and politicalintersection.blogspot.com
Star Parker – President of the Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education, columnist and author
Stephen L. Carter – Christianity Today columnist, author of The Culture of Disbelief

=Athletes and entertainers=

Anthony Watson (skeleton racer) - is an American-born skeleton racer who competed on behalf of Jamaica in the 2018 Winter Olympics, becoming the first athlete to represent the Caribbean nation in the winter sport.
Bryan Clay{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} – Washington Times
Bryson Gray - is an American rapper, known for his work in the Christian hip hop and political hip hop genres.
David Tyree – NFL Football player
Don King – Boxing promoter
Ernie Banks – MLB baseball player[http://spectator.org/blog/61650/did-you-know-ernie-banks-was-republican Did you know Ernie Banks was a Republican?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202081647/http://spectator.org/blog/61650/did-you-know-ernie-banks-was-republican |date=2015-02-02 }}. American Spectator. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
Greg Anthony – NBA basketball player
Herschel Walker – NFL football player
Isaiah Washington – Actor
James Brown – Musician. Openly endorsed Richard Nixon at the 1972 presidential election and named Strom Thurmond as one of his heroes during a 1999 interview with Rolling Stone.{{cite news|last=Pareles|first=Jon|title=James Brown, the 'Godfather of Soul', Dies at 73|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/25/arts/music/25cnd-brown.html?pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 22, 2013|date=December 25, 2006}}{{citation|author1=Hulse, Carl |author2=Loughlin, Sean |name-list-style=amp|title=Graham, Clinton agree to agree|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19991220&id=Y1RIAAAAIBAJ&pg=6561,10663690|work=Lakeland Ledger|date=December 20, 1999|page=A14}}
Jimmie Walker – Actor
Johnny Mathis{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} – Singer
Jonathan Isaac - NBA basketball player
Joseph C. Phillips – Actor{{cite web|url=http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/06/13/phillips/?refid=0 |title=Minnesota Public Radio |publisher=Minnesota Public Radio |date=2006-06-13 |access-date=2011-05-17}}
Joy Villa – Singer. Promoted and supported Donald Trump's presidency in 2017.{{cite magazine |last1=Romaine |first1=Jenna |title=Joy Villa Unveils Donald Trump 'Make America Great Again' Dress on the Grammy Red Carpet |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/7686250/joy-villa-trump-make-america-great-again-dress |magazine=Billboard.com |access-date=2017-02-12 |date=2017-02-12}}
Kanye West – Rapper and record producer. Endorsed Donald Trump subsequently to the 2016 presidential election. Met President Trump in the Oval Office on 11 October 2018. Independent candidate for President of the United States in 2020 and 2024.
Karl Malone – Olympic Gold medallist and basketball player{{cite web|url=http://www.newsmeat.com/sports_political_donations/Karl_Malone.php |title=NEWSMEAT ▷ Karl Malone's Federal Campaign Contribution Report |publisher=Newsmeat.com |access-date=2011-05-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622012547/http://www.newsmeat.com/sports_political_donations/Karl_Malone.php |archive-date=2011-06-22 }}
Kevin and Keith Hodge – Prominent YouTube commentators, comedians and trainers
Lawrence Taylor - NFL Football player
Lionel Hampton - Musician, delegate to several Republican National Conventions, vice-president of the New York State Republican Committee.
Mattie Montgomery - singer and pastor
Mike Jones – WWF wrestler
Mike Tyson - professional boxer
Nolan Carroll – NFL Football player and son of Jennifer Carroll, Lieutenant Governor of Florida
Ottis Anderson - NFL Football player
Pearl Bailey – Actress and singer
Ronnie Lott – NFL Football player
Rosey Grier - Former football player, actor, singer, Protestant minister, he addressed the 1984 Republican National Convention and endorsed Ronald Reagan for reelection.
Stacey Dash – Actress
Thurman Thomas – NFL Football playerBenjamin, Elizabeth (2010-09-16). [http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/2010/09/nfler-carls-no-racist/ NFLer: Carl's no racist] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224095237/http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/2010/09/nfler-carls-no-racist/ |date=2013-12-24 }}. Capitol Tonight. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
Tommy Vext - singer
Tony Dungy – NFL Football player and coach
Topher (rapper) - is an independent American rapper, songwriter and conservative commentator.
Wilt Chamberlain – NBA Basketball player
Kevin Holland - is an American professional mixed martial artist.

=Education and business=

Alveda King – Niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and senior fellow at the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution
Arthur Fletcher{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} – Academic
Booker T. Washington – Educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States
Chris Darden – Attorney
George Washington Carver{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} – Agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion
Glenn Loury – Academic, economist, and podcast host
Herman Cain – Former CEO of Godfather's Pizza, talk show host, and one-time presidential candidate
Jessie De Priest{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} – Music teacher, wife of Congressman Oscar Stanton De Priest. Her presence at a White House tea given by Lou Henry Hoover on June 12, 1929, caused a scandal among southern Democrats
Joshua I. Smith – Businessman
Marvin Scott{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} – Academic
Michael Powell - Former Republican member of the Federal Communications Commission, current president National Cable and Telecommunications Association.
Dr. Mildred Fay Jefferson – First African American to graduate from Harvard Medical School
Samuel B. Fuller – Businessman
Stephen N. Lackey – Businessman
Thomas Sowell – American economist, social theorist, and senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
Vern S. Williams – Member of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel
Walter Edward Williams – American economist, commentator, and academic
Robert Oscar Lopez - Academic - mixed Latino and African ancestry
Eunice Carter - Attorney. First African-American assistant district attorney in New York state. She was noted for her role in the prosecution of gangster Charles "Lucky" Luciano.
Robert Reed Church - Real estate investor and banker, he was a delegate for William McKinley at the 1900 Republican National Convention.
Robert Church Jr - Businessman and Republican Party organizer in Memphis, Tennessee
Mary Church Terrell - One of the first African-American women to receive a college degree, she was a journalist and educator. She was an active Republican, campaigning for Warren G. Harding in 1920.
Angel Joy Chavis Rocker - Guidance counselor. She became the first African-American woman to seek the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 2000.
William Nickerson Jr. - Businessman and founder of Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company, in 1944, he was candidate for presidential elector from California on the Republican Dewey-Bricker ticket.
William Madison McDonald - Banker, state chairman of the Texas Republican Party (1897 - 1898).

=Civil rights, abolitionists and activists=

Eldridge Cleaver – Leader of the Black Panther Party who later became a Republican
James Meredith – Civil rights campaigner, who served as domestic adviser to Jesse Helms
James Weldon Johnson – Activist, served as treasurer of Colored Republican Club
Scipio Africanus Jones{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} – Activist
Dr. T. R. M. Howard – Founder of Regional Council of Negro Leadership, surgeon, supporter of right to abortion, ally of Dwight Eisenhower. He opposed socialism and Communism.
Bayard Rustin – Civil rights activist who became neoconservative in later life
Michael the Black Man – Maurice Woodside, activist
James David Manning – Pastor, ATLAH World Missionary Church, activist
Bishop Eddie Long – Pastor, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, activist
Enrique Tarrio – Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, identifies as Afro-Cuban, activist
Manning Johnson – Former Communist who became an anti-communist activist
Darrell C. Scott – Pastor, activist
Ali Alexander – Social media personality and activist, of African-American and Arab ancestry
Archibald Grimke{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} – Civil rights activist
Ezola Foster – Teacher, writer, political activist, and unsuccessful candidate for public office on the Republican and Reform Party tickets
Roscoe Simmons – Orator, journalist, political activist, he was part of the "Old Guard" of Black Republicans in Tennessee. He attended three Republican National Conventions and seconded the nomination of Herbert Hoover in 1932.
Maj Toure - activist and rapper, founder of Black Guns Matter
Mark Burns (pastor) - televangelist, unsuccessful candidate for United States House of Representatives from South Carolina in 2018 and 2022.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Somali-born Dutch-American activist associated with the conservative American Enterprise Institute and Hoover Institution, a former Muslim, she has spoken out against Islamic suppression of women and has criticized American feminists for their failure to speak out on this issue.
H. K. Edgerton - African-American neoconfederate activist.
Nelson W. Winbush - is an educator, who is notable as one of a handful of African-American members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV).
Mattie Clyburn Rice - was an African-American member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Georgia Benton - African-American member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Voddie Baucham - is an American pastor, author, and educator. He serves as Dean of Theology at African Christian University in Lusaka, Zambia.
Lemuel Haynes - was an American clergyman. A veteran of the American Revolution, Haynes was the first black man in the United States to be ordained as a minister.
Tony Evans (pastor)

Organizations

Congress of Racial Equality
American Civil Rights Institute
Project 21
Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education
National Black Republican Association
Blexit{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
Lincoln League
Negro Republican Party
Readjuster Party
Black-and-tan faction
Union League

References

External links

Murray, Mark. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20160112170817/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/12466213/ GOP diversity aims at a crucial Democratic bloc]." NBC News. April 25, 2006.
"[https://archive.today/20130705175629/http://theconnection.wbur.org/2004/06/02/the-new-black-republicans The New Black Republicans]." WBUR, Boston's NPR. June 2, 2004.

;Organizations

[http://www.alliancegop.com/ Alliance of Black Republicans]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090124171953/http://aarlc.org/ African American Republican Leadership Council]
[http://www.jointcenter.org/ Black Conservative Think Tank]
[http://www.bampac.org/ Black America's PAC]
[http://www.core-online.org/ Congress of Racial Equality]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120411012141/http://acri.org/ American Civil Rights Institute]
[http://www.newcoalition.org/ New Coalition for Economic and Social Change]
[http://www.nationalblackrepublicans.com/ National Black Republican Association]

Category:Conservatism in the United States