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The State of Mississippi Fights Jackson's Black Leadership
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
24 Feb 2023
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Black Agenda Radio · The State of Mississippi Fights Jackson's Black Leadership

Nsombi Lambright is Executive Director of One Voice, a statewide non-profit located in Jackson, Mississippi. She joins us to discuss a legislative proposal to create a new court system within the majority Black city of Jackson. In this new district the elected leaders of the majority Black city would be replaced by prosecutors and judges appointed by the state’s majority white leadership. Nsombi Lambright joins us from Jackson.

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