- Ayesha Kreutz
The RNC Speakers Including FDFNC President Clarence Henderson
#FDFNational in the house -
Speaker list : https://www.donaldjtrump.com/media/trump-campaign-announces-speakers-for-this-weeks-historic-republican-national-convention
Monday
In order of appearance
Timothy Cardinal Dolan, archbishop of New York
Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA
Rebecca Friedrichs, public school teacher
Tanya Weinreis, small business owner whose coffee shop qualified for a loan under the Paycheck Protection Program
Representative Matt Gaetz
Kim Klacik, Republican congressional nominee
Ronna McDaniel, chair of the Republican National Committee
Amy Johnson Ford, nurse practitioner
Dr. G.E. Ghali, surgeon
Representative Jim Jordan
Herschel Walker, former NFL player and businessman
Natalie Harp, Trump campaign advisory board member
Vernon Jones, Georgia state representative
Andrew Pollack, father of Meadow Pollack, who was killed in the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Mark and Patricia McCloskey, St. Louis couple who pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters
Kimberly Guilfoyle, Trump campaign fundraiser and girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr.
House Republican Whip Steve Scalise
Sean Parnell, Republican congressional nominee
Maximo Alvarez, founder of Sunshine Gasoline
Nikki Haley, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
Donald Trump, Jr., oldest son of President Trump
Senator Tim Scott
Tuesday
In order of appearance
Norma Urrabazo, pastor and executive at the National Latina/Latino Commission
Myron Lizer, Navajo Nation vice president
Richard Beasley, former FBI agent
Jon Ponder, founder and CEO of HOPE for Prisoners, Inc.
Senator Rand Paul
Jason Joyce, Maine lobsterman
Cris Peterson, Minnesota dairy farmer
Larry Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council
John Peterson, CEO of Schuette Metals
Cissie Graham Lynch, granddaughter of Billy Graham
Robert Vlaisavljevich, mayor of Eveleth, Minnesota
Abby Johnson, anti-abortion rights activist
Mary Ann Mendoza, mother whose son was killed by an undocumented immigrant
Nicholas Sandmann, student who sued news outlets after confrontation with Native American activist
Pam Bondi, former Florida attorney general
Tiffany Trump, daughter of Mr. Trump
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds
Ryan Holets, police officer known for adopting opioid-addicted baby
Florida Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez
Eric Trump, son of Mr. Trump
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
First lady Melania Trump
Wednesday
Vice President Mike Pence
Second Lady Karen Pence
Senator Marsha Blackburn
Senator Joni Ernst
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem
Representative Dan Crenshaw
Representative Elise Stefanik
Representative Lee Zeldin
Richard Grenell, former acting director of national intelligence
Kellyanne Conway, White House counselor
Keith Kellogg, national security adviser to the vice president
Jack Brewer, former NFL player
Sister Dede Byrne, surgeon and military veteran
Madison Cawthorn, Republican congressional nominee
Scott Dane, executive director, Associated Contract Loggers & Truckers of Minnesota
Clarence Henderson, civil rights activist
Michael McHale, National Association of Police Organizations president
Burgess Owens, former NFL player and GOP congressional nominee
Lara Trump, Trump campaign adviser and wife of Eric Trump
Thursday
President Trump
HUD Secretary Ben Carson
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
Senator Tom Cotton
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Representative Jeff Van Drew
Ivanka Trump, White House senior adviser
Ja'Ron Smith, White House assistant
Ann Dorn, widow of former police officer killed in St. Louis
Debbie Flood
Rudy Giuliani, former New York mayor
Franklin Graham, evangelical leader
Alice Johnson, ex-inmate pardoned by Mr. Trump
Wade Mayfield
Carl and Marsha Mueller, parents of U.S. aid worker killed by ISIS
Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship
Clarence Henderson........
My story is being part of something that changed the course of history in America."
Ken Farnaso, the deputy national press secretary for President Donald Trump's reelection campaign, calls Henderson a "champion of freedom" and "strong advocate for civil rights and equality."
"His unique story and upbringing is one that every American. or those who wonder how a Black man, much less one like Henderson who was at the epicenter of the civil rights movement's resurgence in the 1960s, can support Trump, well, the answer for him is easy. "Politicians are a dime a dozen, but leaders are priceless," said Henderson, who attended Dudley High School. "Donald Trump is a leader. And he loves America." Henderson does, too. Even though the America he has fought for as both an activist and Army soldier didn't always love him. In 1960, Henderson became a part of history, which was memorialized in what is now an iconic photo, when four A&T freshmen — Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, David Richmond and Ezell Blair Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan) — sat at Woolworth's segregated lunch counter and asked to be served. When they were denied, Henderson and others would fill the seats over a period of months, until the counter was integrated. The sit-in movement spread and is credited with spurring radical changes for people of color throughout the South. Henderson, who showed up at Woolworth on the second day of the sit-ins, says that his life wasn't immune to racism before that event — or after. While in the Army, he recalled flyers that showed up at the Alabama military installation where he was assigned. At the time, former Alabama Gov. George Wallace, an avowed segregationist, was running for president. "(The flyers) said: 'Put a white man in the White House and not that 'n-lover' Lyndon Baines Johnson," Henderson said. He says those who see Trump as racist are wrong. As evidence, critics of Trump would point to 2017 and a white supremacist and neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Va., that turned violent and led to the death of a counter-protester. Trump would infamously say afterwards that there were "very fine people" on both sides. But Henderson said critics need to get the full context of what Trump meant. He wasn't condoning their actions. "I know what racism is," Henderson said. "I know it every time I see it." As you can imagine, he's gotten grief for being a Black Republican. Henderson says that his fight for equal rights for Black people is not voided by the fact that he also believes in less government in the lives of individuals and the economic policies of the Republican Party. "People are apprehensive about what they'll say (about Trump)," Henderson said. "I'm not, but others are." Henderson thinks Trump will serve another term. On Wednesday, he'll do his part to get him there. Read the whole article HERE
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