Black Futures Lab/Black Census Project

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7. She spoke about them while highlighting her plan for black economic change at the Essence Fest

On Saturday morning, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris let it be known to the crowd at the 2019 Essence Festival in New Orleans that whatever the current president means by “Make America Great Again,” she’s not going back to it.“What exactly does ‘again’ mean?” Harris questioned. ” Back before the Civil Rights Act? Back before the Voting Rights Act? Back before Roe v Wade? Back before the Fair Housing Act?” “Well, Essence, we’re not going back,” she said to raucous applause. “In fact, it is time to turn the page. And it is time to write the next chapter.”

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Harris also emphasized the need to pay close attention to Black life, underlining pivotal work done by the Black Census Project; led by civil rights activist Alicia Garza, it is largest survey of Black people conducted in the United States since Reconstruction. Harris believes that Black life, and by extension, Black people’s issues, are America’s issues: such as the economy, health care, the racial wealth gap, national security, and more. Some of these entrenched inequities are the fuel behind Harris’ $100 billion plan to invest in Black homeownership.
][link:https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/6/1869943/-Kamala-Harris-rocks-the-house-at-the-Essence-Festival-in-New-Orleans-with-a-Black-Homeownership-Plan|




[link:https://medium.com/@blackwomenviews/kamala-harris-2020-black-agenda-7f58707ce31d|