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Four African-American women made Gwinnett history with swearing in ceremonies this past week


Four Gwinnett County women made history this past week as they took their oaths of office to assume their respective seats.
Over a span of two days this past week, spanning Wednesday and Thursday, Patsy Austin-Gatson, Tiana Garner, Tarece Johnson and Karen Watkins became the first African-American women — in some cases the first African-American period — to be sworn in as Gwinnett County’s district attorney, clerk of courts and school board members, respectively.
The quartet are part of the second wave of African-American women from Gwinnett County to move into elected offices since 2018.
Austin-Gatson will be the first African-American district attorney and Garner will be the first African-American clerk of courts in Gwinnett’s 202-year history. Meanwhile, Johnson and Watkins shared the history-making honor of being the first African-American women to be sworn in as members of the Gwinnett County Board of Education on Thursday. ....

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