Alabama county elects first black lawmaker

*Special thanks to Allison

For the very first time, Cullman County will have a black lawmaker in Montgomery. Democrat James Fields Jr. won a special election as he campaigned in an area that’s 97 percent white and where some say Ku Klux Klan members are still involved in politics.

“This was about values and I knew the people in the district valued the same thing I valued… good family living, family structure, schools, sound school systems, good roads,” said Fields.

Read more at NBC13.com