
Today in civil rights history
On this day in 1986
On this day in 1986, Mike Espy became the first Black congressman elected from Mississippi since Reconstruction.
On This Day is a daily series by Jerry Mitchell of the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting at Mississippi Today recounting historic moments in Civil Rights history.

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