Unfounded Loyalty-Revised Second Edition: An In-Depth Look Into the Love Affair Between Blacks and Democrats [Hardcover]

Wayne Perryman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2004

Unfounded Loyalty offers a profound look at the influences that have shaped the cultural development of modern Black America. The book reexamines historic assumptions about the role of Christianity and the Democratic Party as supporters of civil-rights and black voters. In an investigative style, Perryman reveals shocking events and deceptions which are part of America’s untold history. Unfounded Loyalty is a compelling, well researched and documented historical study.

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About the Author

Rev. Perryman is a political activist, author, lecturer and an inner-city minister in Seattle. Perryman received numerous commendations for his community work from the US Congress, Washington State Governor and the City of Seattle. Wayne Perryman is a former newspaper publisher and radio show host; his editorials have been published nationally.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 273 pages
• Publisher: Hara Publishing Group; 2nd Rev edition (May 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887542183
• ISBN-13: 978-1887542180
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #580,992 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Democratic Myths, January 14, 2006

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Donald J. Keck (Powder Springs, Georgia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Unfounded Loyalty-Revised Second Edition: An In-Depth Look Into the Love Affair Between Blacks and Democrats (Hardcover)

In his review of this book R. Lau attempts to "prove" that all Republicans are racists by misquoting Barry Goldwater's famous acceptance speech at the 1964 Republican Convention. Lau "quotes" Goldwater as saying that "Extremism in defense of SEGREGATION is no vice." Every sentient American knows tat what Goldwater actually said was this: "Extremism in defense of LIBERTY is no vice." Barry Goldwater was no racist. And neither is the Republican Party

This dishonest attempt to portray Republicans as racists has been perpetrated by the Democratic Party for the past thirty years. Anyone who watched the performance of Democratic Senators like Teddy Kennedy in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Judge Sam Alito appointment to the Supreme Court this week has witnessed the absurd and dishonest lengths to which they are willing to go to perpetuate that myth.

What the Rev. Perryman points out in this book is that for over a hundred years from 1854 to 1964 the Republican Party was the sole champion of emancipation, of equal rights for blacks, of putting an end to racial segregation, and of anti lynching laws; while the Democrats precipitated and fought a civil war to preserve slavery, enacted and enforced the Jim Crow laws that created the segregated South, and invented and repeatedly used the Senate filibuster to block the enactment of anti lynching bills introduced by Republicans.

It is true that by the 1960s the effort to end segregation and discrimination had become a bi-partisan effort. Democratic President Harry Truman took a courageous stand against segregation in 1948, splitting his party; and Lyndon Johnson introduced the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. But neither of these laws could have been enacted without Republican support. Republican Senators and Congressmen overwhelmingly voted in favor of these bills, while one third of the Democrats in both houses of Congress voted against them, and mounted a filibuster in the Senate to prevent their enactment -- a filibuster that was broken only with Republican votes.

It is also a fact that the first crack in the wall of legal segregation came in 1954 with the Supreme Court decision in Brown v Board of Education outlawing segregation in the public schools. It was a unanimous decision supported by both the Republican and Democratic Justices; and the opinion of the Court was written by Republican Chief Justice Earl Warren.

It is also a fact that Republican President Dwight Eisenhower was the first President since Republican President U.S. Grant to send federal troops to the South to enforce the rights of African Americans, by upholding court ordered desegregation of the Little Rock public schools.

It was also a Republican, Richard Nixon, who established affirmative action as federal policy by issuing an Executive Order requiring that federal construction jobs be given to minority firms.

And finally, Republican President George W. Bush has appointed more minorities to high ranking administrative and judicial positions than any other President before him, including eight out of fifteen Cabinet posts (three Blacks, two Hispanics, two Asians and one Arab American) -- more than all of his Democratic predecessors combined.

The claim that the Democratic Party has been the only advocate of civil rights for blacks and other minorities is a myth invented and perpetuated by partisan Democrats. It is this myth that the Rev. Perryman seeks to dispel with his book UNFOUNDED LOYALTY.

52 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Required Reading for Black-Americans, March 11, 2005

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Monty Rainey (New Braunfels, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Unfounded Loyalty-Revised Second Edition: An In-Depth Look Into the Love Affair Between Blacks and Democrats (Hardcover)

As I read Rev. Perryman's outstanding work, I was reminded of an old adage which seems most appropriate with Black-Americans, and that is that they are treated like mushrooms, "kept in the dark and fed manure". The sad thing is, as Rev. Perryman points out, they are coached to keep in lockstep with the Democrat Party by so-called black "leaders" who, without exception, promote the Democrat Party for their own gain.

Perryman's work is long overdue, but sadly, will not reach the hands which would most benefit from its' profound conclusions. Perryman has been, and will continue to be, labeled a "sell-out" or an "uncle Tom" just as other prominent blacks who have dared to oppose the Democrat machine such as Clarence Thomas, Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, J. C. Watt and Conde Rice.

If you are a Black-American, this could well be the most important book you could ever read. What a shame that this book will never see the list of required reading in predominantly black inner-city schools.

Monty Rainey
www.juntosociety.com

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible book - a MUST READ for all conservatives, April 25, 2006

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Lisa T. Frederick - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Unfounded Loyalty-Revised Second Edition: An In-Depth Look Into the Love Affair Between Blacks and Democrats (Hardcover)

I had some idea about the history of the Democratic Party and black America, but only in pieces. This book is a collection of facts all in one place...VERY WELL WRITTEN, Perryman covers all the bases - good, bad & ugly. I hope the G.O.P. will set aside money to have this guy in speaking forums all over the country. The Democrats can't hide behind smiles and ambiguities; the facts speak for themselves. LOVED THIS!!!