(Washington Post) — A group probing whether President Obama is addressing matters of concern to African Americans will discuss the issue Saturday at the annual conference of theCongressional Black CaucusFoundation hours before Obama is scheduled to address conference attendees.
Political scientist Ron Daniels formed the Shirley Chisholm Presidential Accountability Commission in late 2008 as a mechanism for black leaders to hold the nation’s first black president accountable. Eventually, the group hopes to issue a report card that grades the administration on how well it is doing in closing racial disparities.