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Ballot race fuels bold reforms on race and history
A survey of 120 statewide Nov measures shows racial themes shaping campaigns from California Proposition 16 on affirmative action to Mississippi flag redesign and Rhode Island name change. Nebraska and Utah weigh removing slavery language. Black leaders hope national protests boost passage. Opposition notes law enforcement focus and warns against discrimination.
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Black Lives Matter
California
Rhode Island
Nebraska
Utah
George Floyd
Minneapolis
Walter Wilson
Ward Connerly
University of California
Connerly
Mississippi
U.S
Providence Plantations
Plantations
Statehouse
Let
Chris McDaniel
Marquise Hunt
Tougaloo College
Mississippi Naacp
Hunt