In Ohio, Clinton And Trump Strike Different Tones On Race Relations

Published July 18, 2016 at 1:45 PM EDT

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Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gives an address at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture on February 16, 2016 in New York City. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

The differences between the GOP and Democrats on race relations should be on stark display in Ohio today.

In Cincinnati, Hillary Clinton is speaking to black leaders at the annual convention of the NAACP. In Cleveland, the Trump campaign is pushing the theme of law and order.

Here & Now‘s Meghna Chakrabarti talks with NPR’s White House correspondent Tamara Keith about Hillary Clinton’s speech to the civil rights group and her plan for mending race relations.

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Tamara Keith, NPR White House correspondent. She tweets @tamarakeithNPR.