The following article by Vanessa Williams was posted on the Washington Post website January 31, 2018:
Even before President Trump took to the lecturn to deliver his first State of the Union speech, the rebuttal was well underway at Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington.
A panel of academics and activists issued a scathing critique of the president’s first year in office: Trump does not deserve credit for the declining unemployment rate among black Americans, his rhetoric has divided rather than united the country, and his policies are geared toward protecting the interests and freedoms of a wealthy minority. Continue reading “NAACP event delivers different view of State of the Union”