A 1,200 mile car ride: The beginning of an Albany family s legacy
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1of11Paul Webster, left, president of the Schenectady branch of the NAACP and the Rev. McKinley Johnson oppose e-mails linked to GOP gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino as the Rev. Dr. Victor Collier points to a Paladino e-mail graphic Tuesday in Albany. (Jimmy Vielkind/Times Union) Show MoreShow Less
2of11Buy PhotoRev. McKinley Johnson, senior pastor, center, speaks during a public meeting on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, at Greater St. Johns Church of God in Christ in Albany, N.Y. Global Partners is seeking permission to build a facility at its port yard to heat crude oil to make it easier to pump. (Cindy Schultz / Times Union)Cindy SchultzShow MoreShow Less
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CT is represented by only a handful of Black women. There s more work to do, they say.
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Toni N. Harp, former longtime state senator and New Haven mayorBrian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Melissa McCaw, secretary of the state Office of Policy and Management.Courtesy of Melissa McCaw /Show MoreShow Less
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Pioneering Black women in Connecticut politics got together apart for a rare event Friday to talk about their paths to elective office, the trials along the way and the missions that remain at a time when there are only a half dozen in the General Assembly, and just two in New England’s congressional delegations.