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North Carolina U.S. Rep Alma Adams: "Today is Daytona 500 day. In 2018, barrier-breaking NASCAR driver @BubbaWallace became the first Black..."

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Alma Adams tweeted the following:

"Today is Daytona 500 day. In 2018, barrier-breaking NASCAR driver @BubbaWallace became the first Black driver to finish in the top 2 in the event, repeating in 2022.
Wallace is the first Black driver to win more than one race in NASCARs cup series.
#BlackHistoryMonth #SayBlack"
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Here are other recent tweets from Alma Adams:

"My prayers are with President Carter and his family. twitter.com/cartercenter/s"
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"On this day in 1965, Jimmie Lee Jackson was beaten and shot after participating in a voting rights march in Marion, Alabama. He would die a week later in the hospital; his death inspired the Selma to Montgomery marches.
#BlackHistoryMonth #SayBlack" on Feb. 18
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"Vi was first elected as an at large member of the Charlotte City Council in 2013, was the first Black woman to serve as Charlottes Mayor Pro Tem, and then became the first Black woman to be elected mayor in 2017." on Feb. 17
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