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State Assembly Celebrates Black History Month

(Sacramento) – During the California State Assembly’s special ceremony to mark Black History Month, Assemblymember Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, Sr. (D-South Los Angeles) pointed out that 2018 is the 100th anniversary of the first African-American being elected to the California State Legislature, Frederick Madison Roberts. Watch this Assembly Access video to see Assemblymember Jones-Sawyer tell Roberts’ story.