OH HOW SOON WE FORGET......................
1) Bill Clinton appointment more Blacks to his cabinet IN KEY POSITIONS, than ANY President in U.S. history. For instance, the chief of White House personnel, his budget director, his director of public outreach, his deputy chief of staff, were all African-American. His liaison between the White House and the Congress,Thurgood Marshall's son, was African-American, Sec. of Commerce, Ron Brown, etc.
2) He was hated by Republicans more than ANY Democratic President, in part, due to his relationship with Blacks.
3) Crime fell to it's lowest point in 30 years in Black neighborhoods under Clinton because there were more jobs. Blacks became part of the game, rather than watching from the stands, and all of this under the Clinton administration. On a sadder note, under Bush, crime in Black neighborhoods continue to rise on a yearly basis.
4) Clinton produced more middle class Blacks than any President in history.
5) He was one of the few Presidents to really connect with Black people, whether it was genuine or not. The connection was there.
6) The vast majority of Black people agreeed with Clintons decisions pertaining to welfare reform, in spite of having a Republican dominated Congress holding him back.
7) Black unemployment went down.
8) Black home ownership rose.
9) Black business ownership grew.
10) Clinton was the only President who I know who actually sang all the words to the Negro National Anthem. I don't know them all, and many of you don't either.:swink:
11) Due to the fact that Blacks were placed in positions of power under Clinton, billions and billions of dollars passed through Black neighborhoods via federal grants, minority grants, home ownership grants, business grants, educational grants, etc.
You asked for five, but that was too easy, so I doubled it, plus one. I could go on and on, but you get the point. Clinton did MORE for the Black community than ANY President in modern U.S. history.