Posts Tagged ‘Georgia’
40 Acres and a Lie
Reporters found descendants of freed slaves who were given land, revealing a long history of racism and anti-racist activism
Read MoreFulton County DA Fani Willis Says ‘The Train is Coming’ for Trump and His Co-Defendants
Fulton County, GA district attorney, Fani Willis, says “the train is coming” in regard to her case against Donald Trump and 14 co-defendants. Willis avoided being disqualified from the racketeering case over her former romantic relationship with now-resigned lead prosecutor, Nathan Wade. She does not feel embarrassed by the relationship.
Read More‘Southern/Modern’: Rediscovering the Radical Art Below the Mason-Dixon Line
An art exhibit in an Atlanta Museum brings together works by Southern artists from the mid-1900s to examine changing styles.
Read MoreBlack Man Wrongfully Imprisoned For 16 Years Shot, Killed By Georgia Police
Leonard Allen Cure, who spent more than 16 years behind bars after a wrongful conviction, was shot and killed during a traffic stop by Georgia police just three years after his vacated sentence.
Read MoreSlave descendants on Georgia island fighting to keep protections that helped them keep their land
Residents of one Georgia community opposed changes in housing zoning laws that would push them from the lands of their ancestors.
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Read MoreBlack Georgia voters celebrate Warnock’s win and efforts to beat voter suppression
Raphael Warnock will retain his position as a democratic senator in Georgia after ballots were tallied in the runoff.
Read MoreWhat Herschel Walker’s Candidacy Means to Black America
Hershel Walker’s candidacy as a Black man and republican was difficult for some voters, perhaps leading to the runoff election.
Read MoreObama plans Georgia rally next week to boost Warnock
Georgia’s senatorial runoff election has received much press, including from President Obama who has campaigned on behalf of Raphael Warnock.
Read MoreBlack Georgia voters say the Walker-Warnock runoff leaves them with a burden to ‘save the Senate’ again
By Curtis Bunn, NBC News ATLANTA — Aaron Jones took a deep breath when he emerged from the public library on Ponce de Leon Avenue here into the warm Georgia sun after casting his votes in the midterm elections on Tuesday afternoon. By late that evening, he was anxiety-ridden and befuddled as Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock was engaged in…
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