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EXCLUSIVE: Here’s Why Star Jones & Other Black Women Leaders Support Hillary Clinton For President




Nov 20, 2015


By Lynette Holloway


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In 2012, Black women voted at a higher rate than any other group—across gender, race, and ethnicity–and played a major role, along with other women of color, in President Obama’s re-election.

And in 2008, women-of-color showed up at the polls in historically high numbers and voted Democratic, electing Obama to the White House for the first time.

Now, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton is courting Black women voters in the hopes of emulating Obama’s White House wins. And Clinton, a longtime supporter of issues involving women of color, has the support of some influential players across the nation.

Next month, some of those women are expected to come together. On Dec. 10 in New York City, Star Jones and other African-American women leaders will connect at an exclusive private reception and fundraiser called African-American Women For Hillary Clinton....................