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Black Republicans Growing Even More Frustrated With Trump Effort
As national black Republicans prep for a national call on the state of the election and black engagement, most expect a venting session and serious questions about the Trump campaign’s commitment to reaching black voters.
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Sources: GOP Will Add New Adviser In Fall Black Outreach Effort
Ashley D. Bell is joining the effort, with an announcement coming as soon as Wednesday, three sources say.
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MLK Jr. Memorial Foundation Slams Trump In New Video
“Our goal is to sound the alarm to remind people of the vigilance required to safeguard against the erosion of MLK’s dream for this country and just how fragile our experiment of democracy can be,” Gerard Bush, co-chief creative officer of Bush|Renz said.
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You Won’t Believe This But Tim Kaine Doesn’t Like Talking About Himself
Vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine says he has this in common his running mate, Hillary Clinton. “It’s just kind of a Midwestern thing.”
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Get Ready For The Trump Campaign’s Black Outreach Effort
The campaign will begin in earnest trying to mobilize black Republicans toward their cause this weekend in Charlotte. But it’s a long road ahead. “There was this [cringeworthy] moment every black Republican had about the Mexican judge.”
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Hillary Clinton To Address Joint Black And Latino Journalist Convention
On Friday, Clinton will address NABJ and NAHJ, multiple sources confirm to BuzzFeed News.
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William Barber: Trump Is Trying To “Dehumanize” Khan Family
“What is probably worse than Trump are the number of those in society go along with him and refuse to stand against him and his slander,” Barber said in an email to BuzzFeed News.
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New Black Lives Matter Policy Platform To Call For Reparations, End Of Mass Incarceration
On Monday, movement groups will release a new policy platform amid criticism the movement is too focused on policing.
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DeRay Mckesson Thinks Trump Is Going To Ruin Everything
At the DNC with DeRay Mckesson.
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Black Lives Matter Activists Are In Philly, But Not Pro-Clinton
As Black Lives Matter and the Democrats enter an unlikely arranged marriage in the sprint to Election Day, BLM insists its resistance to Hillary Clinton isn’t performative, while Democrats — eager but uncertain how to engage — haven’t given up on efforts to get BLM to warm to her.
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At The DNC, Black Women Activists Will Talk About Turning Grief Into Action
The mothers of the movement — a group of black women whose children have died after interactions with the police, or due to racial violence, and who have supported Hillary Clinton this year, will talk in Philadelphia.
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Isiah Thomas Glad Michael Jordan “Joined The Party”
Jordan, who traditionally has avoided political or social commentary, spoke about police violence this week.
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If Clinton Wins, Black Caucus Members Want Bobby Scott To Replace Tim Kaine
If Kaine becomes vice president, the governor of Virginia will be able to appoint a replacement. The Virginia congressman would be the third black senator.
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After Breakfast Booing, California Democrat Is Hosting “Unity Reception”
Barbara Lee has been personally handing out invitations. She didn’t endorse in California’s primary — but she still received chants at her state delegation breakfast.
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Donna Brazile Apologizes Over DNC Leaks At Black, Latino Caucus Meetings
“I sincerely apologize my friends for those of you who took offense and were offended — feel betrayed and were betrayed —by the ridiculous, insensitive and inappropriate emails from the staff of the Democratic Party.”
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What’s The Next Step For Black Lives Matter?
Black Lives Matter activists spent the better part of 2015 and the beginning 2016 predicting ominously that it was going to be a hot-ass summer in these streets. But no one predicted what has transpired so far, and it’s testing the will of the movement when changes in policing have been slow.
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Black Republican Delegates Are Big Fans Of Omarosa
The former Apprentice contestant has not formally been announced as Trump’s black outreach head, but has taken on the role.
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Hampton University Will Skip RNC And DNC Conventions, Citing Safety Concerns
A program at the historically black university giving students the chance to cover both the RNC and DNC conventions was canceled by the dean of the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications.
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Activist Erica Garner Says She Was “Railroaded” By ABC News
The activist, whose father was killed by NYPD officers in 2014, was at a town hall on Thursday with Barack Obama. She planned to ask the president about the status of the investigation into her father’s death but wasn’t afforded the opportunity until after the taping.
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President Obama Delivered A Powerful Speech At The Memorial For The Dallas Officers
“Another community torn apart, more hearts broken.”
