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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.

President's Weekly Address - 1/4/14

POSTED: January 04, 2014, 7:30 am

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President Obama calls on Congress to extend emergency unemployment insurance for more than 1 million Americans out of work.





Source: The White House

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