Daughter of Maine's 1st Black legislator named state House speaker
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Politics "I want any child in our state to know today that this is possible."AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - The Maine House selected Democrat Rachel Talbot Ross to be its first Black speaker on Tuesday in a vote witnessed by her proud father, who made history himself 50 years ago by becoming the first Black person elected to the Legislature in the nation's whitest state.
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