Georgia election fight shows that black voter suppression, a southern tradition, still flourishes
- Written by Frederick Knight, Associate Professor of History, Morehouse College
Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp has been sued for suppressing minority votes after an Associated Press investigation revealed a month before November’s midterm election that his office has not approved 53,000 voter registrations – most of them filed by African-Americans.
Kemp, who is running for governor...


