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Scott Colom Will Be Mississippi’s Third Black Senator. Who Were the First Two?
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Mr. Revels took his seat two days after Mississippi was readmitted to the union after the Civil War. Mr. Bruce served just before white leaders ushered in the Jim Crow era.
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