Ark. blacks can't break state, Congress barrier
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081109/capt.cps.odw78.101108004039.photo00.photo.default-512x334.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=B.DN3O8KGelsaaoLBFt2rg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Barack Obama speaks during a townhall discussion in Flint, Michigan, in September 2008. In the days following Barack Obama's historic victory in the US presidential election, the grassroots movements that helped propel him to White House could easily have rested on their laurels or even packed up shop. But there was no let-up in their effort.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081111/ap_on_el_ge/arkansas_election_race)AP - Arkansas remains the only state from the former Confederacy never to elect an African-American to Congress or any statewide office ? and last week it soundly rejected the man set to become the nation's first black president.</p><br clear="all"/>
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