Category: African Americans

5/30/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/CIVIL UNREST: “80% of the RIOTERS in Minneapolis last night were from OUT OF STATE. They are harming businesses (especially African American small businesses), homes, and the community of good, hardworking Minneapolis residents who want peace, equality, and to provide for their families.“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 30, 2020 8:34 am […]

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5/29/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “I think through this COVID crisis and the mishandling by the president in this, the phenomenal negative impact on the black community, how it has increased three times as many people have gotten COVID-19, the disease, the virus… And so, I think that this is sort of, the band-aid’s been ripped off. […]

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5/26/2020

2020 ELECTION/AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOE BIDEN: “I’ve never taken the African-American community for granted, never, never, never once. And I’ve had overwhelming support in my state and overwhelming support from the African-American community in my whole career. But I’ve never taken it for granted. I work like the devil for it and I have to earn it […]

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5/23/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOE BIDEN: “I HOPE ALL AFRICAN AMERICANS WILL READ AND STUDY THIS. 100% CORRECT. SLEEPY JOE WILL NEVER GET YOU THERE. HE NEVER HAS IN THE PAST. I WILL & HAVE!!! RT @KLF Under President @realDonaldTrump’s Administration: criminal justice reform, historic HBCU funding, Opportunity Zones, lowest black unemployment rate in American history. Under Joe? […]

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5/23/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/MICHIGAN: “All things that I have GOTTEN DONE, including Criminal Justice Reform! RT @WhiteHouse President @realDonaldTrump visited Detroit yesterday, where he held a listening session with African-American community leaders. He joined them in discussing the Coronavirus response, permanent funding for HBCUs, prison reform, and much more.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 23, 2020 2:28 am […]

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5/23/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/MICHIGAN: “All things that I have GOTTEN DONE, including Criminal Justice Reform! RT @WhiteHouse President @realDonaldTrump visited Detroit yesterday, where he held a listening session with African-American community leaders. He joined them in discussing the Coronavirus response, permanent funding for HBCUs, prison reform, and much more.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 23, 2020 2:28 am […]

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5/7/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “So this disease is not only tearing through the nation, devastating families, wrecking the economy, it’s magnifying and exacerbating some of the worst systematic inequities exist. Counties with majority Black populations have COVID infections three times higher than majority white counties. Death rates nearly six times higher… People of color are less […]

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5/4/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “The data we’ve seen so far suggests that African Americans are dying from COVID-19 at a far higher rate than whites. African Americans represent an especially high percentage of the front-line workers putting themselves at greater risk to sustain the economy and keep the rest of the country safe and fed — […]

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2/26/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In its latest attempt to win over African-American voters, President Trump’s 2020 campaign said Wednesday [2-26-20] it would lease 15 retail properties in predominantly black neighborhoods across swing states like Florida and Pennsylvania, where it will build welcoming ‘community centers’ that sell merchandise, register voters and spread the word about Trump […]

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2/23/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Crazy Bernie and the Democrats should see this. I have done far more for the African American community than any President. Secured funding for HBCUs, Criminal Justice Reform, Opportunity Zones, School Choice, Record Low Unemployment, and so much more. THE BEST IS YET TO COME! https://t.co/CcOOsGcdDa“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 23, 2020 […]

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2/23/2020

2020 ELECTION/AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOE BIDEN: “I’m running [in the 2020 election] for the same exact reason when I started: to restore some dignity to the office, to make sure that African-Americans and minorities get treated well, and this time when we rebuild the middle class get brought along, and to unify the country and the party. […]

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2/15/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you to @JackBrewerBSI for your kind words on the great progress we have made on our powerful African-American Agenda. For one, lowest unemployment numbers in USA history. Many other great records! @foxandfriends @FoxNews” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 15, 2020 5:40 pm […]

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2/4/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/ELECTION/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In front of an audience of 102 million Super Bowl viewers Sunday [2-2-20] night, Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old African-American woman, became the unlikely face of President Trump’s re-election campaign. In a 30-second spot that cost Mr. Trump’s campaign millions of dollars, Ms. Johnson’s face fills up the screen as she […]

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1/20/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/HOLIDAY/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was exactly three years ago today, January 20, 2017, that I was sworn into office. So appropriate that today is also MLK jr DAY. African-American Unemployment is the LOWEST in the history of our Country, by far. Also, best Poverty, Youth, and Employment numbers, ever. Great!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January […]

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11/23/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOE BIDEN: [Don Lemon: “What will you do as president to justify that overwhelming support that you have from black people?”] “To continue to do what I’ve always done, to deal with the idea that there’s such an abuse of power that goes on in America today, but with this president in particular, of […]

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10/26/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/CRIME/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….greatly help the African American community (and all other communities), and which was unable to get done in past administrations despite a tremendous desire for it. This and best unemployment numbers EVER is more than Kamala will EVER be able to do for African Americans!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 26, 2019 […]

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10/26/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/CRIME/DEMS/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Badly failing presidential candidate @KamalaHarris will not go to a very wonderful largely African American event today because yesterday I recieved a major award, at the same event, for being able to produce & sign into law major Criminal Justice Reform legislation, which will..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 26, 2019 7:18 […]

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10/25/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/CRIME/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [10-25-19] told a criminal justice forum at a historically black college that the impeachment investigation has given him a greater understanding of those incarcerated or unfairly prosecuted. Apparently claiming his innocence in light of a deepening impeachment probe, Trump vowed to ‘ensure that our justice system […]

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9/10/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/EDUCATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump told leaders of historically black colleges and universities Tuesday [9-10-19] of his ‘fierce dedication to strengthening HBCUs.’ He insisted his ‘administration’s commitment is bigger and better and stronger than any previous administration by far’…His remarks were greeted warmly by an audience that nevertheless took pains afterwards to separate […]

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8/1/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rep. Will Hurd of Texas, the only black Republican in the House, won’t seek reelection in 2020, he announced on Thursday [8-1-19]…Hurd, a former CIA officer who was first elected in 2014, has been an advocate for bipartisan compromise on immigration and other key issues in Congress. And he has […]

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7/29/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump widened his war on critics of color on Monday [7-29-19] with new attacks on the Rev. Al Sharpton and other political opponents even as he gathered his own African-American allies at the White House to defend him against charges of racism. In a third straight day of broadsides against […]

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7/29/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Al Sharpton would always ask me to go to his events. He would say, ‘it’s a personal favor to me.’ Seldom, but sometimes, I would go. It was fine. He came to my office in T.T. during the presidential campaign to apologize for the way he was talking about me. Just […]

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7/29/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I have known Al for 25 years. Went to fights with him & Don King, always got along well. He ‘loved Trump!’ He would ask me for favors often. Al is a con man, a troublemaker, always looking for a score. Just doing his thing. Must have intimidated Comcast/NBC. Hates Whites […]

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7/28/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Under the Trump Administration, African American unemployment is the lowest (best) in the history of the United States. No President has come close to doing this before! I also created successful Opportunity Zones. Waiting for Nancy and Elijah to say, ‘Thank you, Mr. President!’” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 28, 2019 2:34 […]

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7/27/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Elijah Cummings spends all of his time trying to hurt innocent people through ‘Oversight.’ He does NOTHING for his very poor, very dangerous and very badly run district! Take a look…. #BlacksForTrump2020 https://t.co/seNVESZUht” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 27, 2019 4:35 pm […]

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7/24/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/DEMS/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As ‘Robert Mueller Wednesday’ overtook Washington, with the nation transfixed on the congressional testimony of the special counsel who investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election, Democratic presidential hopefuls laid out a different case: that President Trump is a bigot who unduly harms black communities. One by one, at the national […]

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7/18/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “In October of 1973, the federal government charged the Trump Management Corporation with discrimination against African Americans seeking apartments in the 39 buildings the firm operated, most of them in Brooklyn and Queens. A short time out of Wharton, the company’s then president, Donald J. Trump, quickly denied the charges […]

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6/26/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/CRIME/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Ever since the passage of the Super Predator Crime Bill, pushed hard by @JoeBiden, together with Bill and Crooked Hillary Clinton, which inflicted great pain on many, but especially the African American Community, Democrats have tried and failed to pass Criminal Justice Reform..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 26, 2019 6:46 […]

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6/19/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/OFFICIAL STATEMENT: “Melania and I send our best wishes for a memorable celebration to all those commemorating Juneteenth. On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger of the United States Army marched into Galveston, Texas, and issued General Order Number 3, declaring, ‘all slaves are free.’” -Donald Trump, “Presidential Message on Juneteenth, 2019,” whitehouse.gov, […]

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6/18/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/CRIME/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Tuesday [6-18-19] that he would not apologize for his harsh comments in 1989 about the Central Park Five, the five black and Latino men who as teenagers were wrongly convicted of the brutal rape of a jogger in New York City. Mr. Trump was asked about newspaper […]

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6/13/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/CELEBS/CRIME/LABOR/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Thursday [6-13-19] took another turn advertising his administration’s work on criminal justice, one of the only bipartisan achievements he can campaign on and an issue he hopes will win over at least some African-American and centrist white voters. Mr. Trump praised the First Step Act, as the law […]

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5/30/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Moments after the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, wrapped up his appearance at the Justice Department on Wednesday [5-29-19], Representative Dwight Evans stepped out of his district office in a black working-class neighborhood here to visit with local business owners. They had one question on their minds: Why […]

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5/27/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/CRIME/ELECTION/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Anyone associated with the 1994 Crime Bill will not have a chance of being elected. In particular, African Americans will not be able to vote for you. I, on the other hand, was responsible for Criminal Justice Reform, which had tremendous support, & helped fix the bad 1994 Bill!” –Donald Trump, […]

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5/27/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/CRIME/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Anyone associated with the 1994 Crime Bill will not have a chance of being elected. In particular, African Americans will not be ble to vote for you. I, on the other hand, was responsible for Criminal Justice Reform, which had tremendous support, and helped fix the bad 1994 Bill!”  –Donald Trump, […]

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2/21/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We are here to honor the extraordinary contributions of African-Americans to every aspect of American Life, History and Culture. From the earliest days of this Nation, African-American Leaders, Pioneers, & Visionaries have uplifted & inspired our Country…https://t.co/VuFLkfd12j” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 21, 2019 7:27 pm […]

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2/1/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “National African American History Month is an occasion to rediscover the enduring stories of African Americans and the gifts of freedom, purpose, and opportunity they have bestowed on future generations…https://t.co/n9kf58NruZ“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 1, 2019 3:07 pm […]

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12/19/2018

2016 ELECTION/AFRICAN AMERICANS/CYBERWAR/RUSSIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Vladimir Putin focused on black voter depression and sowing racial divisions in the 2016 election to help propel Donald Trump into the White House, he engaged in what is, unfortunately, a longstanding and time-tested American practice. Two reports commissioned by the Senate Intelligence Committee found that a Russian […]

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11/14/2018

AFRICAN AMERICANS/HOUSE OF REPS/PRISONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump threw his support behind a substantial revision of the nation’s prison and sentencing laws on Wednesday [11-14-18], opening a potential path to enacting the most significant changes to the criminal justice system in a generation. The tentative legislative package, developed by a bipartisan group of senators and […]

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11/14/2018

AFRICAN AMERICANS/JARED KUSHNER/PRISONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [11-14-18] backed a criminal justice reform plan being pushed by one of his top advisers, son-in-law Jared Kushner. The ‘First Step Act,’ developed by Kushner and a bipartisan group of lawmakers, is designed to improve rehabilitation programs for former prisoners and give judges more discretion […]

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11/12/2018

AFRICAN AMERICANS/PRISONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A bipartisan group of senators has reached a tentative deal on the most substantial rewrite of the nation’s sentencing and prison laws in a generation, giving judges more latitude to sidestep mandatory minimum sentences and easing drug sentences that have incarcerated African-Americans at much higher rates than white offenders. The lawmakers […]

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11/9/2018

AFRICAN AMERICANS/MEDIA/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “During a rant on Friday [11-9-18] about CNN reporter Jim Acosta, President Donald Trump turned to another reporter, April Ryan. ‘You talk about somebody that’s a loser,’ Trump said of Ryan, a White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks who is African American. ‘She doesn’t know what the hell she’s […]

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10/26/2018

AFRICAN AMERICAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It is my great honor to be with so many brilliant, courageous, patriotic, and PROUD AMERICANS. Seeing all of you here today fills me with extraordinary confidence in America’s future. Each of you is taking part in the Young Black Leadership Summit because you are true leaders… https://t.co/lIlZBxKjuG“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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10/12/2018

AFRICAN AMERICANS/CELEBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Comedian Dave Chappelle had harsh words about President Donald Trump on CNN’s ‘The Van Jones Show,’ calling the rhetoric of his presidency ‘repugnant’ and saying he doesn’t represent the majority of Americans. Chappelle, who described himself as ‘a cynic when it comes to politics,’ appeared on the show alongside Ben Jealous, […]

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10/11/2018

AFRICAN AMERICANS/CELEBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The universe threw together Donald Trump, Kanye West and the Oval Office on Thursday [10-11-18] afternoon, a collision that resulted in what may be the Trump era’s greatest mashup yet. Ahead of a planned lunch meeting, West embraced Trump in a hug at the Resolute Desk and expounded for 10 minutes […]

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10/11/2018

AFRICAN AMERICANS/CELEBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rapper Kanye West, with a stream of consciousness speech in the Oval Office and a burst of profanity, defended his support for President Donald Trump on Thursday, to the great delight of Trump himself. The event was billed as a lunch at the White House to discuss prison reform, jobs for […]

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9/30/2018

AFRICAN-AMERICAN/DEMS/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So if African-American unemployment is now at the lowest number in history, median income the highest, and you then add all of the other things I have done, how do Democrats, who have done NOTHING for African-Americans but TALK, win the Black Vote? And it will only get better!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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9/2/2018

AFRICAN AMERICANS/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Tiger Woods showed great class in the way he answered the question about the Office of the Presidency and me. Now they say the so-called ‘left’ is angry at him. So sad, but the ‘center & right’ loves Tiger, Kanye, George Foreman, Jim Brown & so many other greats, even more…….” […]

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8/27/2018

AFRICAN-AMERICAN/JOBS/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you to the great @JimBrownNFL32, perhaps the greatest running back of all time, for your wonderful words and support. Since our meeting in New York, African-American UNEMPLOYMENT has reached the LOWEST LEVEL IN HISTORY. You get it!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 27, 2018 7:57 am […]

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8/15/2018

AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOBS/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House press secretary Sarah Sanders issued a rare correction Tuesday [8-14-18] night after falsely declaring that President Donald Trump has created three times as many jobs for African-American workers as former President Barack Obama did during his two terms in office…During the briefing, as she sought to defend the […]

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8/14/2018

AFRICAN AMERICANS/BETSY DEVOS/EDUCATION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos allegedly said the students who booed her May 2017 commencement speech at a historically black college didn’t have the ‘capacity to understand’ what she wants to accomplish, according to the tell-all book by former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman. Manigault Newman describes DeVos’ comments […]

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8/14/2018

AFRICAN AMERICANS/MEDIA/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump on Tuesday [8-14-18] added his former White House aide, Omarosa Manigault Newman, to the growing list of African-Americans he has publicly denigrated on Twitter, calling her ‘that dog’ and a ‘crazed, crying lowlife’ in the wake of her allegations against him of mental deterioration and racism. Even for […]

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4/27/2018

AFRICAN-AMERICANS/CELEBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Kanye West has performed a great service to the Black Community – Big things are happening and eyes are being opened for the first time in Decades – Legacy Stuff! Thank you also to Chance and Dr. Darrell Scott, they really get it (lowest Black & Hispanic unemployment in history).” –Donald Trump, […]

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4/26/2018

AFRICAN AMERICANS/POLITICAL FIGURES: “People don’t realize, you know, if you go back to the Civil War, it was the Republicans that really did the thing. Lincoln was a Republican. I mean, somehow it changed over the years, and I will say I really believe it’s changing back. Remember, I was going to get no black […]

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3/18/2018

AFRICAN-AMERICAN/BETSY DEVOS/EDUCATION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Erin Rathke, the principal at Justice Page Middle School, is called to extract a student from class, she hears the same plea over and over again, most often, she has to admit, from black children: ‘The teacher only sees me.’ The plea weighs heavily at Justice Page, where African-American students […]

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3/12/2018

AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOBS/NONTRUTHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump held a rally at Pittsburgh’s airport on Saturday [3-11-18] evening to try to shore up support for Rick Saccone, the Republican on the ballot in a special election on Tuesday to fill a House seat representing a conservative western Pennsylvania district. But he spent most of his 75-minute speech […]

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2/14/2018

AFRICAN AMERICANS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As we come together to celebrate the extraordinary contributions of African-Americans to our nation, our thoughts turn to the heroes of the civil rights movement whose courage and sacrifice have inspired us all. Proclamation: https://t.co/Sw1iGIJgWV https://t.co/Nx0AEKZy5p” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 14, 2018 01:15pm […]

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1/31/2018

AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [1-30-18] delivered his first State of the Union address, and CNN’s Reality Check Team was there to vet his claims. The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN listened throughout the speech and analyzed key statements, rating them either true, true but misleading, or false… […]

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1/8/2018

AFRICAN AMERICAN/JOBS: “African American unemployment is the lowest ever recorded in our country. The Hispanic unemployment rate dropped a full point in the last year and is close to the lowest in recorded history. Dems did nothing for you but get your vote! #NeverForget @foxandfriends” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 8, 2018 09:20am […]

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1/6/2018

AFRICAN AMERICAN/JOBS: “The African American unemployment rate fell to 6.8%, the lowest rate in 45 years. I am so happy about this News! And, in the Washington Post (of all places), headline states, ‘Trumps first year jobs numbers were very, very good.’ “ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 6, 2018 06:49am […]

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12/9/2017

AFRICAN AMERICANS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump praised the achievements of the 20th-century African-American civil-rights movement and paid tribute to the movement’s martyrs as ‘American heroes’ ahead of a museum opening Saturday, amid criticism over his past remarks on women, immigration and other issues… ‘We want our country to be a place where every child, […]

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8/11/2017

AFRICAN AMERICANS/MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The appearance of Omarosa Manigault-Newman, a White House aide, caused an uproar at a National Association of Black Journalists convention on Friday [8-11-17] after she refused to answer some questions about President Trump’s recent remarks encouraging the police to be rougher while arresting criminal suspects. Ms. Manigault-Newman, whose role in the Trump […]

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7/19/2017

AFRICAN AMERICANS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has declined an invitation to address the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Wednesday [7-19-17]. The White House did not offer any details on why Trump would not speak to the 108-year-old civil rights group… […]

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6/21/2017

AFRICAN AMERICANS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Congressional Black Caucus on Wednesday [6-21-17] declined an invitation for a follow-up meeting with President Donald Trump, blasting his administration’s policies and proposals as detrimental to their constituencies. In a letter addressed to the President, CBC Chairman Rep. Cedric Richmond wrote that ‘the CBC, and the millions of people we […]

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5/8/2017

AFRICAN AMERICANS/BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When President Trump signed a $1.1 trillion spending bill on Friday [5-5-17], he zeroed in on a tiny sliver of it, suggesting that he might disregard $20 million in funding for loan subsidies and other aid to historically black universities. Two nights later, after a storm of criticism, the White House […]

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2/28/2017

AFRICAN AMERICANS/EDUCATION/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to advance opportunities in higher education, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have made, and continue to make, extraordinary […]

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