Scott Colom's Senate win in Mississippi sends shock all the way home for one New York family
In 1964, a Klu Klux Klan member murdered a 20-year-old student from New York City in Neshoba County, Mississippi, along with two other civil rights workers.
Andrew Goodman was there trying to help Black Mississippians register to vote, along with other civil rights workers, James Earl Chaney and Michael Schwerner.
Now, 62 years after his death, Mississippians have elected their first Black Senator in 150 years. Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in a closely contested race.
David Goodman is the brother of Andrew Goodman, and serves on the board of the Andrew Goodman Foundation. He joined WNYC's Michael Hill to talk about Colom's win.
A version of this conversation that we aired incorrectly stated the name of a civil rights worker who was murdered in 1964. His name was James Earl Chaney.
