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Supervisor Holly Mitchell Takes Historical Seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
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Supervisor Holly Mitchell Takes Historical Seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

Danny J. Bakewell, Jr. – Executive EditorDecember 10, 2020

For years, the members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors were known as “The Five Kings,” a title used to describe the powerful all-male Board of Supervisors, which remained that way until 1982 when Yvonne Brathwaite-Burke shattered the glass ceiling and became the first woman and the first African American to be elected to the Board of Supervisors.

Making Sense of the 2020 Census
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Making Sense of the 2020 Census

Logan James Spelman, College NAACPApril 9, 2020

According to the Census Bureau post-enumeration survey, 800,000 African Americans went uncounted. What does this mean? It means once again, the voice of African Americans was denied. Many programs that impact African Americans are based in whole or part on data derived from the Census. History proves the disenfranchisement of Black people socially, politically and financially. Another ten years cannot pass before we realize how vital the United States Census is to the United States democracy.