The Long Count Then, The Long Count Now

Left Out, Then and Now · Nov 9, 2026 · 10m

Marcus and Denise pair Reconstruction's first Black officeholders — Hiram Revels and Blanche K. Bruce, Mississippi's Black senators of the 1870s, from the "Left Out of the History Books" Reconstruction volume — with the still-uncalled Mississippi U.S. Senate race of November 2026: Scott Colom leads Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith by 2,574 votes with 97 percent counted, no Black candidate has won statewide office in Mississippi since Reconstruction, and organizers are curing affidavit ballots door to door in the Delta ahead of the November 10 deadline.📚 From the 'Left Out of the History Books' series…