Stacey Abrams and Other Georgia Organizers Are Part of a Long—But Often Overlooked—Tradition of Black Women Working for the Vote

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Stacey Abrams and Other Georgia Organizers Are Part of a Long—But Often Overlooked—Tradition of Black Women Working for the Vote

… ’s election, 1.2 million African Americans in Georgia voted, up from … to have been the only African American women’s group to participate … Crow state laws meant that Black Americans were in many cases still …

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