In 1963, my father described Mississippi as “sweltering with the heat of injustice.” He envisioned it becoming “an oasis of freedom and justice.”
I’m thinking of Medgar Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer and the generations of Black Mississippians who faced violence and intimidation for demanding the right to vote. I’m grateful to those who kept organizing, registering voters and insisting that their communities deserved to be heard.
Scott Colom’s victory is a meaningful step toward the Mississippi my father envisioned, made possible by generations who refused to accept exclusion.
Congratulations, Senator-elect Colom. May you honor that history by protecting voting rights and serving every Mississippian with integrity, courage and care.
My father’s vision still requires our work. Let’s keep organizing to make freedom and justice a reality for every person.
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Non-voters and leftists were on here telling us that voting doesn’t matter when Mississippi made history today electing its first Black senator since the Reconstruction era
DEM FLIP: Democrat Scott Colom has defeated incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith, flipping Mississippi’s U.S. Senate seat blue.
When he is sworn in, Senator-elect Colom will be the first Democrat in 38 years to represent Mississippi in the Senate.
Congratulations!
HISTORY MADE: For the first time since the Reconstruction era, Mississippi—the state with the highest percentage of Black residents—will finally have a Black U.S. Senator.
Congratulations, Senator-elect Scott Colom!