How to Help African Americans

The last Democratic presidential debate left me with one major question: how to help the African American community? How to help them help themselves? It does not take a genius to figure out that today’s policies have not accomplished what they were designed to accomplish. Many African Americans still live in poverty, many African Americans are not insured (health care), African Americans are twice as likely to drop out of school than whites, the list goes on and on. This all despite (or perhaps partially because of) government involvement for decades. What do you all think should be done?