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If ever there is a time, and a need to act, in support of Black Americans – it would be now. We have a presidential candidate in control of the GOP who is a pathological liar, who admires authoritarians and will subvert our Democracy if elected, and another candidate that has a lock on the Democratic party nomination for president, who is suppressing the unemployment rates of American workers, distorting and discrediting capitalism as an economic system, which has supported our Democracy, since it was established as a nation.

Black American representation in legislatures and mayoral leadership are at an all-time high. There are a record 62 Black members serving in Congress, with Rep. Akeem Jeffries, of New York, serving as the Minority Leader of the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives. Black mayors head the cities of Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Atlanta. There is even a black Civil Rights leader in the person of Reverend Al Sharpton who regularly appears on the popular “Morning Joe program on MSNBC.” So, Black America is not without power to speak out, and be heard on t...