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Capitol Pillars

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From the state's birth to 2004, Minnesota elected only one African American State...

From the state's birth to 2004, Minnesota elected only one African American State Senator and seven black House Members. Minnesota had also not yet sent a black Senator to Washington, nor had it elected a single black representative to the national House. These despairing figures stand in sharp contrast to the African American men and women who toiled to create the building, such as...

AIR DATE 9/22/04

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