Story highlights Sanders to focus on police brutality and economic issues

Sanders has increasingly reached out to black voters

Washington (CNN) Bernie Sanders will use the first Democratic Debate to re-introduce himself to black voters -- a group he's increasingly worked to reach, his campaign manager said Tuesday.

"I think we're going to talk about issues of importance to the black community," said Jeff Weaver, Sanders' campaign manager, Tuesday on CNN's New Day.

"I think we're going to talk about criminal justice reform. I think we're going to talk about dealing with systemic racism. I think we're going to talk about many of the economic issues that are important to African-American voters."

Sanders, a democratic socialist, speaks often about the need to improve the economy for working class Americans.

"We're raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour that will give 50% of African-American workers a raise," Weaver said. "These are issues that are obviously important to all of America, but in many cases because of the disproportionate amount of poverty in the African-American community, many of these issues will affect this community even more strongly."

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