by Ben Jealous (TriceEdneyWire.com)—When Charles Diggs Jr., won election to Congress in Michigan’s 13th District in 1954, he launched nearly seven decades in which the city of Detroit had at least one Black member of Congress.That’s likely to change this year. Because of redistricting, Detroit no longer has majority-Black congressional districts. And in the first … Continued
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