List of African-American Libertarians

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Introduction

Doing justice to any list of notable libertarian figures such as this one requires adding the caveat that libertarianism is always a matter of degrees. Especially in the category of historical individuals, it will probably be the case that few of the individuals listed were anything close to consistent advocates or practitioners of the Non-Aggression Principle.

Even today, when abundant information detailing ideas refined over centuries is mere clicks away, and libertarian views no longer necessarily signify a painstaking effort of personal intellectual and/or social development but can be discovered pre-formed in the thoughts and writings of others, have any of us ever met a person who lived, thought, voted, and acted entirely in accordance with this or any particular worldview?

Prior to libertarianism evolving into a coherent and discoverable philosophy in the modern era, the presence of individuals who could fairly be described as consistent libertarians even in their political positions, let alone in their personal behavior, must have been extremely rare, just as the occurrence of a consistent ideological Marxist, say, or Keynesian, or democrat (small-d, i.e. a believer in democracy), would almost certainly have been equally rare prior to the writings of Marx and Keynes, or the historical development of democracy as a mode of governance.

This being acknowledged, it is worthwhile to recognize prominent living and historical persons whose lives and actions were or are on the whole supportive of individual liberty, and who appear from the available evidence to possess or have had more libertarian leanings than most of their contemporaries, in order to remember their legacies and contributions to humanity's ongoing journey toward an understanding of and commitment to freedom.

Notable historical African American libertarians

• Benjamin Banneker, 1731-1806 (abolitionist; mathematician; astronomer)
• Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895 (author; abolitionist; public speaker)
• Marcus Garvey, 1887-1940 (civil rights activist)
• Zora Neale Hurston, 1891-1960 (author)
• Mary Ellen "Mammy" Pleasant, 1814?-1904 (entrepreneur, abolitionist, civil rights activist)
• Nat Turner, 1800-1831 (slave revolt leader)
• Moses "Fleetwood" Walker, 1957-1924 (Negro League baseball player)
• Booker T Washington, 1856-1915 (author; activist; founder, Tuskegee Institute)
• Richard Wright, 1908-1960 (author, Black Boy and Native Son)
• Joshua Flynn, ?-2021 (candidate for Illinois House)

Notable modern African American libertarians

• June Arunga (Inter-Region Economic Network)
• Dr.George BN Ayittey (Professor of Economics, American University)
• Oyewamide Akinsiun Ojo (journalist; lecturer, The Institute of Public Policy Analysis)
• Agwu Amogu (Individual Libertarian Network)
• Thompson Ayodele (Institute of Public Policy Analysis)
• Kenn Blanchard (pastor; founder, Tenth Cavalry Gun Club)
• Richard Boddie (educator and motivational speaker, 1998? Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate from California)
• Diahann Carroll (actress)
• John Clifton (Libertarian Party of New York)
• Ward Connerly (American Civil Rights Institute)
• Dr. Jennifer Daniels (physician; political activist)
• Larry Elder (talk radio host; best-selling author)
• Glenn Gipson (film producer)
• Abdul Hakim-Shabazz (radio host, WXNT - Indianapolis, IN)
• Ken Hamblin (talk radio host, KSFO - Denver, CO)
• Ben Harper (singer & musician)
• Brian Higgins (radio host, XM Satelite Radio - Boston, MA)
• Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Somali refugee, public intellectual, feminist, atheist)
• Niger Innis (Congress on Racial Equality)
• Roy Innis (Congress on Racial Equality)
• JJ Johnson (Editor, The Sierra Times)
• Reginald Jones (motivational speaker; entreprenuer)
• Gregory Kane (columnist, The Baltimore Sun)
• Casey J Lartigue (radio host, XM Satelite Radio - Washington, DC)
• Nathan Lebron (New York, candidate, died 2016)
• Dr. Marva Y Manigault (high school teacher)
• Emanuel McLittle (Editor, Destiny Magazine; psychiatrist)
• Sir Mix-A-Lot (singer & musician)
• Sam Motsuenyane (National African Federated Chamber of Commerce)
• Deroy Murdock (syndicated columnist)
• Star Parker (author; founder, Coalition on Urban Affairs)
• William O Perkins (American businessman)
• Gerard Randall, Jr. (Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System)
• Gerald Reynolds (Chairman, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights)
• Reggie Rivers (columnist, Denver Post; former professional football player)
• Dr. James Robinson (freelance writer; former Professor of Political Science)
• Judge Janice Rogers Brown (U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, DC Circuit)
• Chris Rock (comedian)
• Larry Sharpe
• James Shikwati (economist; President, Inter-Region Economic Network)
• Dr. Thomas Sowell (author; senior fellow, Hoover Institution)
• Rigoberto Stewart (Institute for Liberty and Analysis of Policy in Government)
• Maj Toure (Activist, Founder of Black Guns Matter)
• Sheryl Underwood (comedian)
• Jimmy JJ Walker (comedian)
• Nickolas Wildstar (2018 Libertarian candidate for governor of California)
• Dr. Walter E. Williams (Professor of Economics, George Mason University; syndicated columnist)
• Guy Wilson (record-holder: highest Libertarian vote total in a two-way U.S. House race, 22% in 1994)
• Dr. Anne Wortham (author; Professor of Sociology, Illinois State University)
• John Monds became the first Libertarian Party candidate in Georgia and the rest of the United States to receive over 1,000,000 votes when he ran for the Statewide office of Public Service Commission District 1 seat in 2008. Monds received 1,076,726 votes for 33.4% of the vote in a two-way race with only a Republican opponent. His vote total was highest number of votes that a Libertarian candidate has ever received in a United States election at any level, Monds also received the highest percentage of the vote ever for a Libertarian in a statewide race. He is seeking that party's nomination for Governor of Georgia in 2010.

External Links

List of black libertarians which served as the starting point for the information presented on this page – http://chelm.freeyellow.com/black_index.html