Recalling Struggle for Civil Rights, Democrats Battle for Black Votes
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Senator Barack Obama, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards may be involved in one of the most competitive scrambles in decades.
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Motivated by unpleasant memories of the 2000 Florida recount, black leaders determined to boost voter turnout this fall are enlisting hip-hop artists and community organizations in campaigns to register millions of new voters.
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In beauty shops, churches and living rooms, organizers for Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are in a fierce competition for the support of black voters in the upcoming first-in-the-South presidential primary.
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Few constituencies are as eager for the Republican Party to falter this political season as gay-rights activists. Yet as they observe the Democratic presidential campaign and the rest of the electoral landscape, their high hopes often are mixed with frustration.
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Forty years after the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and decades after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. made strides in racial equality, America remains split along racial lines &#151; divided by the color green.
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Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry invoked memories of the civil rights movement Sunday as he encouraged congregants in Florida to use their votes to change the country&#39;s course.
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The head of the Democratic Party said Friday blacks have an added incentive to vote in November: Democratic control of the House would give key committee chairmanships to African-American lawmakers.
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As they battle for support in the black community in their quest for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will attend Sunday's commemoration of the historic 1965 Selma voting rights march.
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If any election can prove that Southern blacks are not a monolithic voting bloc, it is the 2008 Democratic contest.
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Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama stepped back from a controversy over race Monday night, agreeing that a prolonged clash over civil rights could harm their party's overall drive to win the White House.
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In a Democratic primary sure to attract a large number of black voters, race remained a persistent subtext as Barack Obama found himself going up against two Clintons.
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Black leaders are claiming success in  their efforts to register new voters after the 2000 election  debacle in Florida and are focusing now on getting them to the  polls in next month's presidential election.
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Barack Obama's rivals in the Democratic presidential race contend he sometimes voted "present" on tough issues rather than take a firm stand.
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Democrats competing to lead their national party are battling for the role of "the anti-Dean," the alternative candidate to front-runner Howard Dean.
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How will African-American voters respond to a Barack-Hillary showdown?
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The Democrats this year are looking for votes wherever they can find them - even on the Left Bank
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In competition for a key Democratic voting bloc, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is enlisting the help of her husband, former President Clinton, at a weekend civil rights commemoration headlined by a formidable black rival, Sen. Barack Obama.