The Congressional Black Caucus On “What We Have to Lose” | Rep. Cedric Richmond, CBC Chair

This week we discuss the history of the Congressional Black Caucus, their mission, and the Jobs and Justice Act, which is a newly introduced bill to address many of the issues impacting urban and rural America. The host for this episode is Don Cravins, Senior Vice President for Policy and Executive Director of the Washington Bureau.

 

From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color.

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The Congressional Black Caucus, currently led by Rep. Cedric Richmond, has a historic 49 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, representing 78 million Americans, 24 percent of the total U.S. population, and 17 million African-Americans, 41 percent of the total U.S. African-American population.

 

Since its establishment in 1971, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has been committed to using the full Constitutional power, statutory authority, and financial resources of the federal government to ensure that African Americans and other marginalized communities in the United States have the opportunity to achieve the American Dream.

 

Cedric Richmond regarding President Trump on the low black unemployment rate, “We had zero unemployment during slavery and sharecropping days but does that mean we had great plight in the African American community? The answer is no. You can’t just look at the unemployment numbers. You have to look at all the real indicators on how well we’re doing as a people are awful.”

The National Urban League articulates in the State of Black America report on how well African Americans are doing.

Jobs and Justice Act is a comprehensive approach to all the things we’re facing in the Black community—community policing, justice reform, summer jobs, investments in small businesses, and infrastructure.

 

Jobs and Justice Act includes the National Urban League’s Main Street Marshall Plan which is call for America to invest and rebuild in urban areas same as the United States rebuilt parts of Europe after World War II.

 

You can find information about the Jobs and Justice Bill at: https://cbc.house.gov

Download a copy of the State of Black America at: www.stateofblackamerica.org

 

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