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Dec. 2, 1986 In 1986, Mike Espy became the first Black congressman from Mississippi since Reconstruction. Seven years later, he became the first Black secretary of agriculture. Credit: U.S. Department of Agriculture Mike Espy became the first Black congressman elected from Mississippi since Reconstruction. Born in Yazoo City, his grandfather was Thomas J. Huddleston Sr., founder of the Afro-American Sons and Daughters, which operated the Afro-American Hospital, providing health care to Black Mississippians until the 1970s. He learned soon about the color line, becoming the only Black student in a newly integrated high school.  He recalled carrying a stick to fend off racist at

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