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Recognizing Washington’s African-American legislators

Recognizing Washington’s African-American legislators

The State Library is featuring the 13 African-Americans who have served in Washington’s Legislature, and their accomplishments. The State Library is a division of the Office of Secretary of State. This feature is found on the State Library’s “Between The Lines” blog. The list starts with William Owen Bush, a Republican state representative from Thurston County who served in the first state Legislature after statehood, in 1889. Bush (whose photo here is courtesy of the Washington State Historical Society) was…

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