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Scott Colom makes history in Mississippi. Two other Black men did the same 150 years before him

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Source: The Daily Sentinel

When Scott Colom is sworn into the U.S. Senate in January, he will not be the first Black senator from Mississippi to make history. Colom, a Democrat, defeated Republican incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. He will be the first Black senator…

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