Still Fighting Jim Crow in Georgia

Stacey Abrams is not just battling Brian Kemp, she is battling history

In 1964, Clara Curtis worked as a poll watcher at her local Cobb County, Georgia precinct. She had been working to establish a Republican Party in a state where the Democratic party had a stranglehold on local and state politics. Curtis watched each voter drop a ballot into the wooden ...
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Still Fighting Jim Crow in Georgia

Magnetic Activism

Trump year 1

I am addicted to my Fitbit. I get 10,000 steps every day -- even if it means I am pacing around my kitchen table at 11:47 pm. As I looked ahead in January 2017, I saw a manuscript deadline, stacks of grading, and a tenure portfolio in need of creation. I ...
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The City Busy Fighting Hate

Atlanta Protests Trump

I’ll clear my calendar. Ignoring the stack of grading undone and the manuscript untouched, here  are the good parts. I’ve realized justice ain’t nothing but a family thing. My sister and I drove to D.C. together. She’s a Spanish professor and I’m a History professor. We had twelve hours to dissect ...
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