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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFor one stunning night, we were Ala-black-ma (opinion at AL.com)
http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/12/for_one_stunning_night_we_were.html#incart_river_mobile_home
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For one stunning night, we were Ala-black-ma (opinion at AL.com) (Original Post)
shenmue
Dec 2017
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BumRushDaShow
(129,027 posts)1. K&R
Needs to happen in GA and MS too - and ESPECIALLY MS.
spicysista
(1,663 posts)2. Cool article!
To all those factions that could not seem to understand why the black vote in the south is relevant...... last night in AL is your answer. This is why you work to build a national party. This is why every single vote is important. Yes, even in the south.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)3. I did not know it was this high
Early numbers from Secretary of State John Merrill indicated African Americans represented 30 percent of all voters
raven mad
(4,940 posts)4. Daughter mine emailed this link 'Bama time this morning.
She and her BFF (daughter is a redhead white, BFF is a beautiful black) and I think it works! They both worked their well-toned butts off for Jones, burned 2 full gas tanks each transporting folks to the polls, and had a blast doing it.
Neither one of the twits has a voice left today!
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)5. This is a REALLY sobering thing to consider, though: