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Patrick J. McCarthy, Providence’s first foreign-born mayor, overcame bigotry and political obstacles to pave the way for future ethnic politicians.

12/22/2020 Removing Providence Plantations from Rhode Island’s name: Urban/suburban racial voting differences On Nov. 3, 2020, Rhode Island voters approved a ballot question that removes “Providence Plantations” from our state’s name, by a margin of 52.9 percent to approve versus to 47.1 percent to reject. However, there are large differences when votes are compared among local urban communities like Central Falls that have high racial minority populations and suburban communities like Cumberland, Lincoln, and North Smithfield, that are mostly white. In Central Falls, where white pe...