state legislatures

Black Lawmaker Expulsions Highlight South’s Representation Gap

By Wayne Washington The outcry over the expulsions of a pair of Black Tennessee state lawmakers underscores a problem that often gets little notice – the already massive under-representation of Black Americans in the halls of state government. The majority of Black Americans – some 56 percent, according to figures from the Pew Research Center – live

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