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We are
delighted to have you at our new website.
The
mission of this presence is to be the nexus of
official information and quotes from Joe Reed as
well as the staging area for accurate documents and
opinions.
Joe Reed is known as a “fighter for
fairness” for black representation. In the Democratic Party today,
Alabama’s black representation exceeds all
other states in the nation. For over 40
years he has led the effort to get more
blacks elected and appointed to public
office, including federal marshals, federal
and state judges, members of the boards of
registrars, legislators, county
commissioners, city councils, and school
boards.
Due largely to his leadership, today
Alabama has more black elected officials
than any state in the nation.
He
drafted two plans that increased black
representation in the Alabama House of
Representatives from 13 to 27; and in the
Senate from 3 to 8 in 1982, and 1992,
respectively. He also drew a reapportionment
plan that provided for 25% (two of eight)
majority black districts on the State Board
of Education. Alabama is the only state in
the nation where the Legislature reflects
the state’s population of blacks and whites.
Dr. Reed’s congressional plan also led to
Alabama’s gaining a black congressional
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