Susan Rice is a Rhodes scholar, a graduate of Beauvoir and the National Cathedral School, the daughter of a Federal Reserve governor, a protégé of Madeleine Albright and of Anthony Lake. In 2012 the Washington Post reported her family's wealth at $20 million.
She's also the great-granddaughter of a slave and granddaughter of a janitor.
At a time when protests continue following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minnesota, there is a heightened national focus on issues in the black community.
As a whole, black Americans are among the most loyal Democrats in the country. Indeed, some link Democratic policies to the interests of blacks. Last month, Joe Biden, the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential nominee went as far as telling black Americans, "'If you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black."
