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Black Mississippians celebrate a victory almost no one saw coming

Headline via BBC News · first report 13 Nov, 23:05 IST, latest 13 Nov, 23:05 IST

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Scott Colom is the first black man to sit in the Senate for Mississippi in 145 years.

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