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August 21, 2017

Charles Evers in CL: African-Americans may place too much political allegiance to the Democratic Party

Black political influence in Mississippi has slowed despite increase in elected officials While other states, with smaller African-American populations, have elected statewide leaders, the glass ceiling in Mississippi has remained not only impervious but unreachable. Mississippi, which has more African-Americans per capita and more black elected officials than any other state in the nation, has…