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In 1972, Barbara Jordan of Texas and Andrew Young of Georgia become the first southern Blacks elected to Congress since Reconstruction.

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POSTED: November 16, 2008, 5:53 am

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NStv DC video correspondent Jamal Spratley explores the meaning of change with the election of Barack Obama.

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