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Oil Boom Brings New Diversity To Rural Western States
Wyoming is still one of the whitest states in the country, but in the last few years the black population there has more than doubled. Inside Energy’s Leigh Paterson reports.
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Wyoming is still one of the whitest states in the country, but in the last few years the black population there has more than doubled. Inside Energy’s Leigh Paterson reports.
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