Table of Contents

• Cover Letter
• Introduction: We Demand Accountability
• The Issues: What Black Voters Must Ask
• Where the Candidates Stand: The Democrats
• Where the Candidates Stand: The Republicans
• Appendix: The Black AIDS Institute Candidates Survey

We Demand Accountability: The 2008 Presidential Elections and the Black AIDS Epidemic a publication of the Black AIDS Institute, 1833 West Eighth Street, Los Angeles, California 90057-4257, 213-353-3610, 213-989-0181 fax, info@BlackAIDS.org, www.BlackAIDS.org. © 2008 Black AIDS Institute. All rights reserved. The slogan "Our People, Our Problem, Our Solution" is a trademark of the Black AIDS Institute.

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