How new voters and Black women transformed Georgia's politics
- Written by Sharon Austin, Professor of Political Science, University of Florida
Georgia's recent election of three Democrats for national office – one Jewish, one Black and one Catholic – upended over a century of politics openly hostile to minorities.Jim Watson/AFP via Getty ImagesIn July 1964, Georgia restaurateur Lester Maddox violated the newly passed Civil Rights Act by refusing to serve three Black Georgia...
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