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First Jim Crow. Now SB 2020. In Georgia, voter suppression has always been a concern for Black voters
Since the mid-1800s, Georgia’s voting laws have worked to suppress Black voters and by extension other disenfranchised groups.
Raisa Habersham, Savannah Morning News
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4:43 pm UTC Apr. 1, 2021
The first time Bettye Berksteiner s parents tried to vote, they were told they were at the wrong precinct.
It was 1948 and their first attempt was at a church roughly eight blocks from their home. Once there, Lucy and James West were told their names were not listed. The couple was sent to a second location. ....

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