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But the deepest truth cannot get lost in all of that: Unfortunately, this country will always default to its original tenets of racism and misogyny in the face of fear, frustration, or just plain dissatisfaction.

"In our social justice, which is one of our tenets that we have, sisterhood, I think for us, we feel like we helped push and lifted this tide up and make it happen a little sooner than it normally would," said Grace Carrington, the director of the Democratic National Committee's Southern Region and a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta.

The organizations, unified and governed by the National Pan-Hellenic Council, hinge themselves on tenets of personal excellence, racial uplift, civic action, kinship and — often most importantly — community service, according to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

The pairing of "White Evangelicals" with "Biblical Conservatives," however, provides a hint: According to the standard definition of "Evangelical" in the Bebbington Quadrilateral, adherents believe in "a particular regard for the Bible," or the belief that all essential truth can be found in scripture, among other key tenets such as their namesake mission to evangelize the Christian faith.

While Jefferson's contemporary critics blasted him for seemingly abandoning republican principles, Caivano told Salon that his policies "upheld key tenets of liberalism."