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NAACP Democratic Presidential Candidate Forum

Jul 28, 2019

Several of the 2020 presidential candidates give African American voters their solutions to critical issues affecting communities of color. We’ll have a report from the candidates’ forum at the NAACP National Convention in Detroit.

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