The Baha'i Studies Listserv Susan, What about Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce? Sure, that's going back to the Reconstruction era, but you did say "ever." Or do they not count since they were elected by the legislature and not the popular vote (as all US Senators were at that time)?
Peace, Simeon On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Susan Maneck <[email protected]> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > Why the extreme skepticism? Didn't pre-election polling indicate the > opposite? There have been black governors in the US. > > I live in Mississippi. Even though blacks make up 30% of the > population no black man has ever been elected to a state-wide office > here. > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto: > [email protected] > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to > [email protected] > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:[email protected] > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
