Lisa Mascaro, Las Vegas Sun
- Thirty-six.
That’s how many black delegates are reportedly at the Republican National Convention this week.
Lorraine Marshall of Las Vegas is one of them. She is the only black delegate in the Nevada delegation. But she doesn’t feel alone.
As she takes her seat among the 2,380 delegates, she sees only those who [...]
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