“African-Americans want jobs” – Donald Trump Donald Trump, the reality-television-star-turned-presumptive-Republican presidential nominee, has barely mentioned Black people during his bizarre 11-month bid for the White House. But on Tuesday, after Trump won Indiana and forced his main rival, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, to drop out of the race, Trump uttered these words: “African-Americans want […]
In 2008, large swaths of mostly Black communities in New York City, particularly in Brooklyn, helped push Obama to victory, reports The New York Times.
In her continued quest to win African American voters, Hillary Clinton met with a unique group of black mothers at a campaign event in South Carolina on Tuesday. The mothers all had children die from police brutality. In attendance, at a town hall meeting at Central Baptist Church in Columbia, were Sybrina Fulton (Trayvon Martin), […]
Filmmaker Spike Lee is endorsing Bernie Sanders for president in a South Carolina radio ad. Arguing, in Sanders’ words, that the “system is rigged,” Lee praises Sanders for not taking money from corporations in the ad. And in a reference to one of his early films, Lee says that once in the White House, Sanders […]
Despite his latest victory in the South Carolina primary, presidential hopeful Donald Trump doesn’t have much to offer African-Americans and the storyline gets worse: White…
Despite his latest victory in the South Carolina primary, presidential hopeful Donald Trump doesn’t have much to offer African-Americans and the storyline gets worse: White supremacist groups like the KKK are now reportedly recruiting members by invoking Trump’s name. Trump, the Republican frontrunner, is attracting more white supremacists to his racially incendiary campaign. Here’s how it […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — At Hillary Clinton‘s South Carolina headquarters, a young staffer readies a stack of pictures showing the former secretary of state with her old boss, President Barack Obama. Then the staffer bolts out the door. His destination: African-American businesses across South Carolina’s largest city. “If you don’t have tape, I’ll bring some […]
CHARLESTON, South Carolina — From the moment the doors opened for Rep. James Clyburn’s annual fish fry last week, a group of black women spotted — and surrounded — a Hollywood star. “He’s over there!” one woman shouted as she quickly pulled out her phone to take a photo. Stephen Bishop, who plays David on […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of black pastors pressed Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Monday to address what some called his use of racially charged rhetoric, with several describing a meeting that became tense at times as attendees raised concerns about his blunt language. While some left the gathering at Trump’s skyscraper in midtown […]
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has cancelled a press conference in which his campaign said he would be endorsed by as many as 100 black evangelical religious leaders. Many of those invited to the event say they had no intention of endorsing the billionaire businessman and former reality television star. […]
Is Donald Trump’s defiant anti-politically correct message dangerous for Black folks? I could make a valid argument that Trump’s verbal assault on political correctness leads to violent racial attacks, like the physical assault on Black activist Mercutio Southall, who was shoved, tackled, kicked in the chest and stomach and punched in the face by white […]
About a third of the seats were unfilled in a convention center ballroom where Donald Trump spoke in South Carolina on Wednesday.
