Midterm Elections Make Black History
(The Grio) — Two years ago African-Americans nationwide celebrated a watershed moment with the election of the nation’s first black president. Two years later history is still being made, this time, by some of the other African-Americans seeking elective office. In the lead up to Tuesday’s election much was made of the fact that African-Americans still faced hurdles when trying to win statewide office. There were several African-Americans who had hoped to head to the governor’s mansion this year, including Congressman Artur Davis of Alabama, and Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker who had both sought to become their state’s first African-American governors.
