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Journey to power: The history of black voters, 1976 to 2020 | NBC News

July 31, 2019September 6, 2020African American Politics, African American Vote ...

NBC News has assembled for the first time a record of the black vote for each competitive Democratic presidential campaign since exit polling began.

Louisiana Police Officer on Facebook Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘Needs a Round’ | The New York Times

July 22, 2019July 22, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Officials in the city where the officer works condemned his comment but said they were not sure it constituted a threat.

Ayanna Pressley To Kellyanne Conway: ‘Keep My Name Out Of Your Lying Mouth’ | HuffPost

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

The Massachusetts Democrat called Conway “Distraction Becky” after the White House counselor mocked tension between Nancy Pelosi and freshmen Dems.

Kamala Harris proposes $100 billion plan for black homeownership | Politico

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

David Siders, Politico “A typical black family has just $10 of wealth for every $100 held by a white family,” Sen. Kamala Harris said. | David J. Phillip/AP Photo. Featured Image [dropcap]Kamala[/dropcap] Harris, calling on the nation to “deal with the racial wealth gap,” on Saturday proposed a $100 billion federal program to help black […]

Biden plummets, Harris vaults to second in major poll | Politico

July 2, 2019July 2, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

The California senator slid into second place in a new national poll from CNN, with Joe Biden still leading.

Kamala Harris would lean on presidential power, not Congress, for big plans | San Francisco Chronicle

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Tal Kopan, San Francisco Chronicle Presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., would tackle her priorities using a novel set of executive actions that would require nothing from Congress.Photo: Jeff Chiu / Associated Press. Featured Image [dropcap]WASHINGTON[/dropcap] — Kamala Harris has unveiled an ambitious set of policies as part of her presidential campaign that have a […]

Activists say new Tennessee law aims to suppress African American votes | The Guardian

June 5, 2019June 5, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Khushbu Shah, The Guardian The Equity Alliance registered nearly 100,000 black voters in Tennessee during the midterm elections in 2018. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images. Featured Image [dropcap]Tequila[/dropcap] Johnson lists off laundromats, nightclubs and churches. Those are the places her team of 150 volunteers visited during the midterm elections last year, registering black voters across […]

A Forgotten Presidential Candidate From 1904 | NPR

May 29, 2019May 7, 2020African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Despite what you read in some history books — such as the Biographical Dictionary of Congressional Women — Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) was not in 1972 the first African-American candidate to run for president of the United States. In 1904, George Edwin Taylor — often forgotten in the discussion of black American political pioneers — […]