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- Awarded $1.2 Billion To Black Farmers. President Obama’s administration oversaw the $1.2 billion settlement awarded to Black farmers who have been denied loans and assistance by the Agricultural Dept.
- Expanded Funding For HBCUs. In February of this year, President Obama signed an executive order increasing funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to $850 million over the next 10 years.
- Signed The Crack Cocaine Bill (Fair Sentencing Act) Crack users are disproportionately sentenced to longer jail terms than those who use powder. This unfair sentencing practice punished African Americans more severely than their white counterparts.
- Passed Health Care Reform (Affordable Care Act) More than 19 percent of African Americans do not have health care, according to TheRoot. When the highly debated health care reform bill was signed into law in March of 2010, millions of African Americans benefited.
Oct 14, 2016 · Key Accomplishments. Labor Market, Income and Poverty. The unemployment rate for African Americans peaked at 16.8 percent in March 2010, after experiencing a larger percentage-point increase from its pre-recession average to its peak than the overall unemployment rate did.
– President Barack Obama, National African American History Month Proclamation, 2013 ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY Since his first day in office, President Obama has been working to secure the future prosperity of the African American Community through efforts such as increasing access to health care, creating jobs, revitalizing schools, and the ...
Jan 16, 2017 · Thousands of African Americans packed buses to travel to Obama’s 2008 inauguration. Eight years later, they reflect on how their lives changed and what he did — and didn’t do — for them.
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He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004. Barack Obama was sworn in as president on January 20, 2009, the nation's first african American president, and won reelection the following term. The president's legacy as a grassroots organizer inspired millions.
Mar 24, 2010 · He would posit that African Americans are a crucial thread in the nation’s economic, cultural and political fabric, and by advancing the nation’s well-being, he is elevating black America....
Jan 20, 2017 · Obama's blackness raised the stakes of his success, exposed the constraints of his office, and made the whiteness at the center of American politics permanently visible. Chelsea...
