From Emmett Till to Robert Johnson, the Delta powered Scott Colom's historic Senate bid
Scott Colom's path to a historic U.S. Senate upset ran through the Mississippi Delta — where Emmett Till was abducted, Fannie Lou Hamer fought for the ballot and the blues became an American art form. Why it matters: Nearly 150 years after Reconstruction, Mississippi sent a Black American to the U.S. Senate for the…
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From Emmett Till to Robert Johnson, the Delta powered Scott Colom's historic Senate bid
Scott Colom's path to a historic U.S. Senate upset ran through the Mississippi Delta — where Emmett Till was abducted, Fannie Lou Hamer fought for the ballot and the blues became an American art form. Why it matters: Nearly 150 years after Reconstruction, Mississippi sent a Black American to the U.S. Senate for the…
