Cynthia Tucker, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and resident at the University of South Alabama, says the South had influence and has been the epicenter of racism and most recently an example of democracy when you look at recent elections.
“Many, many African Americans are moving back to the South because they know how much it has hanged and to help it change more,” said Tucker.
She further explained that the South has ongoing work to do, pointing to Republican lawmakers’ current push to limit voting rights.
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