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Black State Lawmakers Fight for Relevancy

by Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) โ€“ As conservative southern Democrats โ€“ once known as Dixiecrats โ€“ switched to Republicans, Black state lawmakers have seen their power evaporate in the South. โ€œVirtually all Black elected officials in the region are outsiders looking in,โ€ wrote senior research associate David Bositis in a study on […]

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