NAACP official on Mississippi electing Scott Colom as its first Black senator since the 1800s
CBS News projects that Democrat Scott Colom will defeat Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith to become the first Black senator from Mississippi since the 1800s. Charles Taylor, executive director of the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP, joins CBS News to discuss the significance of Colom’s win.
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