The response from the community has been overwhelming. There's a huge sense of pride that there are two African-American women doing a project like this.

We're urging the African-American community to come out to donate blood. We want to fulfill that need,

You saw every strata of the African American community, ... the doctor, the janitor, the guy who just got out of prison. So you got a sort of panorama.

What it says is George W. Bush is beyond not popular in the African-American community. He is disliked. Strongly disliked.

I want to talk to the elders within the African American community. I want to get their sense, and their blessing, and an artifact or two,

They represent successful African-American businesses that have served our community for 20 or more years and which are still contributing to our area's growth.