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Subscriber Exclusive 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 Published 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. ....
On the heels of their defeat in Congress and the White House, Republicans across the country have advanced controversial voting bills â most notably in Georgia. Senate Bill 202, which Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law last week, contains a number of provisions that many consider to be a deterrent to voting â along with an option that would allow officials essentially to overturn the vote. Stacey Abrams, founder of Fair Fight, called the bill âa redux of Jim Crow in a suit and tie. â Her comments bring to mind past events that helped to birth Jim Crow. Why We Wrote This History can be a useful touchstone for determining progress â and identifying patterns that impede it. When it comes to voting rights in Georgia, our commentator warns of the latter. ....
For some in Georgia, an answer to their prayers Clyde McGrady, The Washington Post Jan. 6, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail The Rev. Raphael Warnock, the projected winner of a Senate runoff election in Georgia, will be the first Black senator in the state s history. Warnock is photographed speaking to canvassers at Elizabeth Porter Park in Marietta, Ga. on Jan. 5, 2021.Photo for The Washington Post by Kevin D. Liles In early September 1868, two months after Georgia s readmission to the Union, its state legislature expelled almost 30 of its newly elected Black members instead of seating them. Not long afterward, one of the banished members, a man named Philip Joiner, led several hundred Black people and a few White people on a 25-mile march from Albany to Camilla for a political rally. Along the way hundreds of armed White people, led by a local sheriff, opened fire on the parade, killing about a dozen marchers. Joiner and others fled into the woods. ....