An overwhelmingly White conservative legislature taking this remarkable and drastic step of expelling the two young African-Americans.

Melissa Deckman

Melissa Deckman is an American political scientist. She is the Louis L. Goldstein Professor of Public Affairs at Washington College, where she has also been Chair of the Political Science Department. She studies religion, gender, and American politics. Her research includes books on women and politics, the political activities of clergy members in the United States, and the role of women in the Tea Party movement.

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