State government

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• SOURCE: Facing South
  10/8/2000
  

  Confederate 'Lost Cause' Defenders Run to Keep Seats in Southern Legislatures

  There are three state legislators, all Republicans, now up for reelection across the region who have continued to promote Lost Cause lies through legislation and other official efforts. They are Rep. Tommy Benton of Georgia, Rep. Larry Pittman of North Carolina, and Sen. Joey Hensley of Tennessee.

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• 9/27/2020
  

  Anti-racist Lens Distorts History on New Jersey “Freeholders”

  by Tony Fels

  Beginning in 2021, New Jersey county officials will no longer be known as "freeholders." Although the author concedes the term is archaic, and "county commissioner" is a more informative descriptor, the term "freeholder" is not a relic of past racism.