Simone song in Colom win

Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s Senate race, with his victory declared on Nov. 11 after prolonged counting. He is the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction, a result the article connects to voters’ frustration with high costs and the policies of President Donald Trump. Colom’s win gives new meaning to Nina Simone’s 1963 protest song “Mississippi Goddam,” written in response to racist violence in the South.

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