When members of the Congressional Black Caucus gather in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday with hundreds of black clergy, the topic will be voting rights and how to ensure that black voters are represented at the polls in November at the same rate or even greater numbers than in 2008. The black clergy and members of [...]
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