They then became THE Democrat party with 40% of the voting power in the areas controlled by Democrats.
They aren't blacks anymore and haven't been for several decades ~ they are DEMOCRATS!
They are declining in power with the growth of the Hispanics, but they are not out of power yet. Whatever they're going to do about this it's not going to benefit the Republican party.
And fifty years, pray tell, what has it done for them?
Do blacks ever ask themselves this question, I wonder...