Hillary Clinton met with multiple leaders of prominent civil rights organizations in Harlem on Tuesday in an effort to gather and shore up support from black voters.
“The work that each and every one of your organizations do is in furtherance of civil rights and economic justice and social justice and political participation,” she told the leaders.
“I am grateful for what you all have done for so many years,” Clinton added.
While the former secretary of state has been leading opponent Bernie Sanders with black voters, the Vermont senator has attracted a number of endorsements from high-profile black Americans.
Attendees at Clinton’s meeting included National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial; National Coalition on Black Civic Participation President and CEO Melanie Campbell; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People President and CEO Cornell W. Brooks; National Action Network founder and President Rev. Al Sharpton; Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law President and Executive Director Kristen Clarke; Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights President and CEO Wade Henderson; National Bar Association President Benjamin L. Crump; President and Director Council NAACP Legal defense and Education Fund Sherrilyn Ifill and National Council of Negro Women Chair Ingrid Saunders Jones.
Sanders met with Sharpton last week, though the reverend has not endorsed a candidate.