Very Few Black Conservatives Attend Conference

By: Glenn Luther

A magazine highlighting famous African American conservatives were handed out to the overwhelmingly white attendees at CPAC.

Mark Zak, executive director of the Freedom Foundation along with volunteers from the National Black Republican Association hand out copies of the Black Republican magazine with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice starring from the cover.

Inside the magazine the key story is Rice for president in 2008. "Republicans would benefit tremendously if they knew more about the history of their party," Zak said. "The Republican Party has always been the party of civil rights and individual freedom," he said.

The magazine, they said was picked up mostly by black college students. Yet it appears that few, if any actually showed up to the conference. When asked why no black Republicans were handing it out they said, "they all left 10 minutes ago."



Photos: Glenn Luther

Photo 1 Caption: A volunteer talks with a passerby about the "real" history of the civil rights movement that involved more Republican support than history books report.

Photo 2 Caption: A free issue of the Black Republican lays next to political buttons on a display table that highlights contributions of the Republican party to the civil rights movement. Condolezza Rice's photo appears to have been altered to the point she appears white.