People waited outside the Supreme Court in 2013 to listen to the Shelby County, Ala. v. Holder voting rights case. AP Photo/Evan Vucci
John A. Tures, Lagrange College
Mississippi is home to the highest percentage of African Americans of any state in the country.
And yet, Mississippi hasn’t elected an African American candidate to statewide office since 1890.
That’s 129 years. Continue reading
