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America's first black legislators and the work to revive their legacies

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− From By Emma Auer Alfred Richardson and Madison Davis were the first black legislators in Athens, Georgia, elected in 1868.
+ From By Emma Auer Alfred Richardson and Madison Davis were the first Black legislators in Athens, Ga., elected in 1868.
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