Rick Perry: Black Lives Matter -- And So Does Black Liberty

from the speech, some stats that belie your assertion:

[rquoter]Texas’ high school graduation rate went from 27th in the country in 2003, to 2nd in the country in 2013. Our most recent graduation rate for African-Americans is number one in the nation: 13 points higher than the national average.

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When I was governor of Texas, I had the honor of appointing Willis’ great-great-great-grandson—Wallace Jefferson—to be the first African-American on the Supreme Court of Texas.

In 2004, I appointed Wallace to be the Supreme Court’s first black Chief Justice.

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We haven’t eliminated black poverty in Texas. But neither have we allowed it to fester.

In New York, the supplemental poverty rate for blacks is 26 percent. In California, it’s 30 percent. In Washington, D.C., it’s 33 percent. In Texas it's 20%.

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