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==Introduction==
==Introduction==
Doing justice to any list of "historical libertarians" such as this requires adding the caveat that libertarianism is always a matter of degrees. Even today, when abundant information detailing ideas refined over centuries are mere clicks away, have any of us ever met a person who lived, thought, voted, and acted, entirely in accordance with any particular worldview?
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.


Prior to libertarianism evolving into a coherent and discoverable philosophy in the modern era (when libertarian views no longer necessarily signified a painstaking effort of personal intellectual and/or social development, but could be discovered pre-formed in the thoughts and writings of others), the presence of individuals who were ''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.
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?


This being acknowledged, it is worthwhile to recognize historical persons whose lives and actions were on the whole supportive of individual liberty, and who appear from the available evidence to 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.
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.




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* [[Booker T Washington]], 1856-1915 (author; activist; founder, Tuskegee Institute)
* [[Booker T Washington]], 1856-1915 (author; activist; founder, Tuskegee Institute)
* [[Richard Wright]], 1908-1960 (author, Black Boy and Native Son)
* [[Richard Wright]], 1908-1960 (author, Black Boy and Native Son)
* [[Joshua Flynn]], ?-2021 (candidate for Illinois House)




'''Notable living African American libertarians'''
'''Notable modern African American libertarians'''


* [[June Arunga]] (Inter-Region Economic Network)
* [[June Arunga]] (Inter-Region Economic Network)
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* [[Abdul Hakim-Shabazz]] (radio host, WXNT - Indianapolis, IN)
* [[Abdul Hakim-Shabazz]] (radio host, WXNT - Indianapolis, IN)
* [[Ken Hamblin]] (talk radio host, KSFO - Denver, CO)
* [[Ken Hamblin]] (talk radio host, KSFO - Denver, CO)
* [[Ben Harpe]]r (singer & musician)
* [[Ben Harper]] (singer & musician)
* [[Brian Higgins]] (radio host, XM Satelite Radio - Boston, MA)
* [[Brian Higgins]] (radio host, XM Satelite Radio - Boston, MA)
* [[Ayaan Hirsi Ali]] (Somali refugee, public intellectual, feminist, atheist)
* [[Niger Innis]] (Congress on Racial Equality)
* [[Niger Innis]] (Congress on Racial Equality)
* [[Roy Innis]] (Congress on Racial Equality)
* [[Roy Innis]] (Congress on Racial Equality)
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* [[Gregory Kane]] (columnist, The Baltimore Sun)
* [[Gregory Kane]] (columnist, The Baltimore Sun)
* [[Casey J Lartigue]] (radio host, XM Satelite Radio - Washington, DC)
* [[Casey J Lartigue]] (radio host, XM Satelite Radio - Washington, DC)
* [[Nathan Lebron]] (New York, candidate, died 2016)
* Dr. [[Marva Y Manigault]] (high school teacher)
* Dr. [[Marva Y Manigault]] (high school teacher)
* [[Emanuel McLittle]] (Editor, Destiny Magazine; psychiatrist)
* [[Emanuel McLittle]] (Editor, Destiny Magazine; psychiatrist)
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* [[Deroy Murdock]] (syndicated columnist)
* [[Deroy Murdock]] (syndicated columnist)
* [[Star Parker]] (author; founder, Coalition on Urban Affairs)
* [[Star Parker]] (author; founder, Coalition on Urban Affairs)
* [[William O Perkins]] (American businessman)
* [[Gerard Randall]], Jr. (Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System)
* [[Gerard Randall]], Jr. (Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System)
* [[Gerald Reynolds]] (Chairman, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights)
* [[Gerald Reynolds]] (Chairman, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights)
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* Judge [[Janice Rogers Brown]] (U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, DC Circuit)
* Judge [[Janice Rogers Brown]] (U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, DC Circuit)
* [[Chris Rock]] (comedian)
* [[Chris Rock]] (comedian)
* [[Larry Sharpe]]
* [[James Shikwati]] (economist; President, Inter-Region Economic Network)
* [[James Shikwati]] (economist; President, Inter-Region Economic Network)
* Dr. [[Thomas Sowell]] (author; senior fellow, Hoover Institution)
* Dr. [[Thomas Sowell]] (author; senior fellow, Hoover Institution)
* [[Rigoberto Stewart]] (Institute for Liberty and Analysis of Policy in Government)
* [[Rigoberto Stewart]] (Institute for Liberty and Analysis of Policy in Government)
* [[Maj Toure]] (Activist, Founder of Black Guns Matter)
* [[Sheryl Underwood]] (comedian)
* [[Sheryl Underwood]] (comedian)
* [[Jimmy JJ Walker]] (comedian)
* [[Jimmy JJ Walker]] (comedian)
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List of black libertarians which served as the starting point for the information presented on this page – http://chelm.freeyellow.com/black_index.html
List of black libertarians which served as the starting point for the information presented on this page – http://chelm.freeyellow.com/black_index.html
[[Category: Lists of Award Recipients or Other Noteworthy 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


Notable modern African American libertarians


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

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