In the South, in the days of Reconstruction, African-American Republicans were elected to public office. In the days of Jim Crow and the "Solid South", hardly any African-Americans of any party were elected, and hardly any Republicans of any race. In the last quarter of the last century, African-Americans again were elected, but mostly Democrats. Now, African-Americans are being elected from both parties. I think that's a good thing.

There are now 75 posts on this thread. No one else has had a single good thing to say about the progress the South had made.

Ironic, isn't it, that, on this thread, the progressives are so pessimistic, and the only one celebrating progress is the conservative.
   
Kent