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Urban Outlook: Why is The Black Vote Declining?

Posted at 10:02 AM, Aug 09, 2018
and last updated 2018-08-09 11:02:35-04

According to a Pew Research Center report, the 2016 Black voter turnout fell for the first time in 20 years in a Presidential election. What led to the decline? On today's segment we are joined by Reavis Mitchell, Professor of History and Dean of the School of Humanities Social and Behavioral Sciences at Fisk University, to bring some perspective and answers to why Black voters are not heading to the polls.