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PoliticsPoliticsFormer KKK Leader Plans to Run for Commissioner of a Georgia County as a ‘White Civil Rights Activist’He once went to prison for beating a Maryland Black man in 1993ByNoah A. McGeePublishedMarch 19, 2022Comments (30)Save
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PoliticsPoliticsSelma native Congresswoman Terri Sewell says Biden Should’ve Spoke Sooner on Voting RightsCongresswoman Terri Sewell speaks on the importance of passing the Freedom to Vote Act and the legislative…ByKalyn WomackPublishedJanuary 14, 2022Comments (7)Save
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