Happy Black History month
I tend to think about things in political terms so a little history. In 1836 Alexander Twilight became the first African-American to win elected office in the United States, to the Vermont Legislature where he served till his death in 1857. Twilight is the only black person to elected to a state legislature before the Civil War, and the first African-American to earn a college degree in 1823.
Today 161 years after Twilight’s death and 182 after his first election a RECORD busting money of black men and women are running for office up and down the ballot, Georgia might elect not only it’s first woman governor but it’s first black governor in Stacey Abrams. Andrew Gillum is running to be Governor of Florida, Rushern Baker in Maryland, and Setti Warren in Massachusetts. Record busting numbers of candidates for the House and for state and local offices (Like Tori Griffin running to be the first black person elected in Knox county TN, or Denise Gray running to be only the 3rd black woman ever to be elected to Kentucky’s State Legislature) So I guess happy black history month, hopefully in 9 months we’ll make more black history, big and small
