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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| Woman who was among the first civil-rights era blacks elected to office looks back and ahead. |
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By Sam Hendren - January 19, 2009 |
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There are many unsung heroes of the civil rights movement. One of them is a Dayton-area woman named Flonzie Brown-Wright, who became one of the first blacks to be elected to office in Mississippi after Reconstruction. WOSU's Sam Hendren spoke with Brown-Wright about her work for racial equality and about the inauguration of Barack Obama. |
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Sam Hendren reports (4:16) 
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