Mississippi elects first black senator in nearly 150 years

Anytime you have a sovereign red state turn blue, it's a new day. Mississippi has always been a state that had a history of racism and bigotry and prejudice. Jim Crow and my dad and Dr. King were good friends. As a matter of fact, I have a picture of him and my father on my wall over there. I'm about one generation out of the cotton field. Both of my parents picked cotton and my great grandmother was sold here as a slave from Virginia to here. So I am so excited to be on this side of history. To perpetuate a legacy of greatness, we came to accentuate and perpetuate this legacy that our ancestors before us went to vote. It's not only a privilege, but it's our right and we must do everything we can to protect it.