Courtesy of Associated Press
Some signs of progress are occurring in Ole’ Miss.
Johnny DuPree has become the first black candidate to win major-party contest for Governor in Mississippi since Reconstruction.
The state is 37% black and has elected more African American officials to local posts than any state in the union… but none of those victories came in statewide contests.
DuPree was also the first African American Mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. On November 8th he will face Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, 56, in the gubernatorial elections.
“I’m just so proud of the fact that we had people who believed in us, believed in the message, believed in what we’re trying to accomplish. I’m so proud that people took a hold of that,”
