Tag: georgia
Stacey Abrams Says 750,000 Georgia Residents Have Requested Ballots For Runoff
By Derek Major
Black Enterprise
Voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams said Monday that more than 750,000 residents in Georgia have requested a ballot for the state’s...
Georgia’s Blue Shift Is A Lesson For Progressive Organizers Across The...
By Travis Waldron
Black Voices
On Friday afternoon, news outlets finally began to call President-elect Joe Biden the winner in Georgia, a state that hadn’t voted...
Library Director Floyd Council Sr., accomplished singer, Army vet, administrator, outlines...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For the Birmingham Times
Floyd Council Sr., the new executive director of the Birmingham Public Library (BPL), could read music before he...
Monique “Mo” Jefferson’s journey from Ramsay High to champion trainer
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
In high school and college Monique “Mo” Jefferson was always considered a “gym rat” and nothing has changed in her...
Tuesday’s elections gave black candidates a number of historic victories
Times staff report
Democrats scored several election firsts on Tuesday night and party officials credit the African-American electorate with playing a role.
In New Jersey, voters...
Discipline Us Dance Company Announces Back to School Classes
{Atlanta, GA August 24th, 2015} It’s “Back to School” season and class is now in session. One class in particular, Discipline Us Dance Company, is...
Police: Georgia Woman Locked Son Out For Missing Curfew
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman is accused of locking her 13-year-old son out of the house overnight as punishment for missing his...
Black Man Found Hanging From a Tree in Rural Georgia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMKWdbu2tB4
Authorities in rural Georgia are investigating the death of a black man found hanging in a tree Monday, reports CNN.
While “nothing overt” suggests foul...
AG ANNOUNCES CONVICTION OF GEORGIA MAN FOR FELONY VIOLATION OF THE...
AG ANNOUNCES CONVICTION OF GEORGIA MAN FOR FELONY VIOLATION OF THE ALABAMA DIGITAL CRIME ACT
(MONTGOMERY)--Attorney General Luther Strange announced the conviction of a...