carolina trying to court african-americans. >> the forum hosted by the black economic alliance is all about promoting work, wages and wealth in the black community. cnn political reporter rebecca buck is outside of the event in charleston, south carolina. good morning, rebecca. tell us more about the importance of this event. >> reporter: good morning. south carolina is not only a key primary state in the democratic primary, and the first primary state where the electorate will be compromised mainly of african-americans. today in the event space behind me there will be elizabeth warren, pete buttigieg, beto o'rourke and cory booker all stopping by south carolina today to talk about economic