by Bob Fireovid
As the U.S. celebrates Black History Month, it’s important to note Vermont’s justifiably proud role as a civil rights leader.
It was the first state to outlaw slavery (actually, it did it as a colony in 1777). In addition, before the Civil War Vermont was the ONLY state to elect a Black American (Alexander Twilight) to its State Legislature. And it was Vermont and other Republican states whose blood and treasure ended slavery throughout the USA.
That is historical fact. It is also true, though far less well-known, that civil rights leaders during the Jim Crow era opposed unfettered immigration.
A new booklet, Emancipation Reclamation, tells the story of Black leaders advocating for immigration reductions back in 1925. Their success raised the wages & living standards for Black Americans and for all working class Americans. Here is an electronic copy of this booklet, authored by Roy Beck, founder and former president of NumbersUSA, which he co-founded with civil rights leader Barbara Jordan.
At a time when open borders advocates demonize immigration enforcement and reduction as unjust and even racist, this booklet redirects such charges against those who are truly guilty – the open borders advocates.
Feel free to forward and distribute the e-version of this booklet; it’s a great story.