In Delaware, nearly 75 percent of blacks were free by 1810.

Up to 90 percent of young blacks have no jobs.

In 1965, 63 percent of blacks 65 or older lived below the poverty line.

Today, about 33 percent of blacks are middle class, he said.

The biggest exception was that only 12 percent of blacks supported him.

Indeed, national polls suggest that only seven percent of blacks today consider themselves Republican.

More than 60 percent of blacks live in cities.

And now 10 percent of blacks call themselves Republican, a six percentage point rise since 2000.

Less than 3 percent of blacks pursued a major in ethnic studies.

In 1963, 0.7 percent of blacks married someone of another race.