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Georgia’s Black Churches Unite For Voter Engagement Campaign

Feb 12, 2024 | Church, Democracy

Black churches in Georgia are teaming up for the first time to mobilize Black voters in the battleground state ahead of November’s presidential election. The African Methodist Episcopal Church and the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church have united in the...

Black Candidates Who Made History on Election Night

Nov 21, 2022 | Democracy, History, Leadership

A record number of Black candidates from major parties ran for high office in this year’s midterm elections. While it’s still too soon to determine which party will control the House and the Senate, some states are already celebrating Black historic wins for...

There Have Been 2 Black Elected Governors in US History; 2022 Midterm Could Bring Change

Nov 7, 2022 | Democracy, Leadership

When L. Douglas Wilder won the 1989 Virginia gubernatorial election, he had already shattered a major barrier four years earlier by becoming the state’s first Black lieutenant governor. In the 1980s, Virginia’s rapidly-growing suburbs were becoming major...

In Final Push for Votes, Both Parties Court Black Men

Nov 7, 2022 | Democracy, Men

Jonathan Williamson comes from a long line of Georgia Democrats. Growing up, his parents voted Democrat, his grandmother voted Democrat. So did most of his friends and neighbors. And for a while, Williamson did, too. Now the 29-year-old, who is Black, says it is no...

Black Church Tradition Survives Georgia’s Voting Changes

Oct 31, 2022 | Democracy

Black church leaders and activists in Georgia rallied Sunday in a push to get congregants to vote — a longstanding tradition known as “souls to the polls” that is taking on greater meaning this year amid new obstacles to casting a ballot in the midterm elections. At...

Leaders on Black Communities’ Top Issues in the Midterm Elections

Oct 24, 2022 | Democracy, Leadership

Election day is Nov. 8th and two leaders in the state’s Black communities speak on the issues they care most about and how they are getting out the vote. Classie Dudley is the President of the NAACP, Duluth Branch and Adair Mosley has been the leader at the...