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The Argument Against D.C. Statehood Is Rooted in Racism

By Nick Martin Sep 20, 2019, 4:02 pm86 pts
In February of 1873, James Shepherd Pike, a radical Republican journalist and longtime advocate for black suffrage, was assigned by the New York Tribune to cover a Deep South state legislature in the midst of Reconstruction. At the time, governments across the region, thanks to the policies enacted…

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