If you want your links to be black text you need to add that color info to the Special Link Properties in General CSS Properties.

Unvisited Link
Code
color: #000000; text-decoration: none;
Visited Link
Code
color: #000000; text-decoration: none;
Active Link
Code
color: #000000; text-decoration: none;
Hover Link
Code
color: #000000; text-decoration: none;