I am writing on behalf of the Columbia unit of the NAACP to express our amazement at the insensitivity of this city in the appointment of the Redistricting Committee that failed to include any African-Americans. Every January we claim to celebrate diversity while failing to take into consideration any direct input on committees and issues that face Columbia.
LETTER: City fails to appoint a single African-American to Redistricting Committee
Thursday, May 19, 2011 | 4:08 p.m. CDT;
updated 11:45 p.m. CDT, Thursday, May 19, 2011
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