Scott Colom's historic victory marks 'new moment' for Black voters, Bryan Stevenson says
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[0:00] Scott Colombe's
[0:00] historic victory in Mississippi marks a
[0:02] political milestone in the state's central to
[0:04] the struggle for civil rights and voting rights
[0:07] in America. To help us understand
[0:09] the significance of this moment, we're joined
[0:11] by Brian Stevenson, founder
[0:13] and executive director of the
[0:14] Equal Justice Initiative. Brian, welcome back to
[0:17] the "NewsHour."
[0:19] My pleasure to be with you.
[0:20] Scott Colombe's election is historic
[0:23] regardless of where one stands on
[0:24] his politics. We should remind folks that Mississippi
[0:27] is where Medgar Evers fought
[0:29] and died, where Fannie Lou Hammer challenged
[0:31] the political establishment, where
[0:33] James Cheney, Andrew Goodman,
[0:35] Michael Schwerner were murdered, while trying
[0:37] to register Black voters. How do
[0:39] you connect
[0:40] Scott
[0:41] Colombe's victory to the sacrifices of the
[0:43] people who helped make this moment possible?
[0:47] Well, there's no
[0:47] state in America that has more
[0:49] violently resisted full
[0:51] political participation by Black people than the
[0:54] state of
[0:54] Mississippi.
[0:56] The people you identif