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Richard Mays
1943–
United States
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Richard Leon Mays Sr. (born August 5, 1943) is an American retired politician, judge, lawyer, and businessman from the U.S. state of Arkansas. Elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1972, he was one of the first three African Americans to serve in the Arkansas General Assembly since the Reconstruction era.
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