Elijah Cummings: “I have a vision for how this can come about with regard to the civil rights program.”

And I don't give a damn how you look at it; there are efforts to stop people from voting. That is not right. This is not Russia. This is the United States of America.

We are better than where we are. We are better than this.

Asian Americans are becoming more politically visible, and our numbers are showing that.

That year, Bayou La Batre did elect its first Asian-American city council member.