Black voters urged to cast a ballot in ‘most consequential election of our lifetime’

Congressional representatives implored Black citizens to vote this fall, saying during a two-hour- plus town hall at the Congressional Black Caucus’s annual legislative conference Thursday that the fate of "Black America" hangs in the balance.
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