My good friend Bill Marcy is running for the U.S. House of Representatives with fresh new ideas, proven plans and an enthusiasm that will shake up (not shake down) the old establishment in Washington.

Long before Bill won the 2nd District’s Republican nomination, I had written in a book released in January 2010: “When the black Republicans return to power, then we’ll see America’s finest hour!”

You see, Bill Marcy is one of 14 black Republican nominees running for Congress this year across the nation. New black leadership is emerging that is guiding the second Civil Rights Movement (which we have seen in our lifetimes) to flow into a complete cycle with the first Civil Rights Movement that happened right after the Civil War.

The Frederick Douglass Foundation, of which Bill is a member, is an effective political force that is growing and making this happen. Bill Marcy knows the people of the 2nd district need good jobs. But we need new ideas that will enable 1,000 new black millionaires to bloom in Mississippi. Since the incumbent congressman was first elected 17 years ago, he has become a millionaire. How many other Mississippians have his policies helped to become millionaires? Let all the millionaires vote for him, and let all those who want to become millionaires vote for Bill Marcy — and let’s combine the forces of America’s two Civil Rights movements.

Dr. Ed Holliday Dentist and author

Tupelo