It’s Official In Mississippi
The AP has called Mississippi's Senate race for Democrat Scott Colom, and Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith conceded; speaking at Tougaloo College, Colom became the state's first Black senator since Reconstruction. Joyce Vance's Civil Discourse post ties his win to the Tougaloo Nine's 1961 library sit-ins and calls it a moment of hope in the fight against Trumpism.
