For decades, Democrats have stood with the African American community
in the struggle for equality and the enduring struggle to perfect our
nation itself.
Common values and concerns such as family, jobs, and education unite
Democrats everywhere. Democrats across the country continue to work
tirelessly to fight back against bigotry and discrimination, and to
advance the issues that matter most to African Americans, from civil
rights to economic opportunity.
Every sector of our economy was shaken by the economic crisis, and
every demographic group felt its impact. But the economic crisis has had
an especially brutal impact on communities of color that were already
struggling long before the financial crisis hit.
Democrats laid a new foundation for long-term economic growth that
helps every American, not just those at the top. We are working to save
jobs, create new jobs and new opportunities for small businesses,
reinvest in our schools, close the educational achievement gap, make
college more affordable, and expand opportunities for African Americans
and for all Africans.
Democrats are committed to ending the epidemic of senseless gun
violence in our communities and reforming the broken criminal justice
system that tears families apart. We are fighting against environmental
injustices that have allowed low-income children to be exposed to lead
and African American children to suffer asthma at twice the rate of
white children. We are fighting voting restrictions as Republican
legislatures around the country enact laws to keep minority voices away
from the ballot box.
Democrats are proud to stand and declare that Black Lives Matter.
- LEADERSHIP
- CIVIL RIGHTS
- DEMOCRATS NATIONAL COMMITTEE
- INTERNSHIPS
- EDUCATION
- AMERICAN AFRICA
- PARTY ORGANIZATION
- HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES DEMOCRATS
- UNITED STATES OF AFRICA NATION
