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Stacey Abrams knew Georgia could turn blue long before many believed it was possible. And now the state’s newly elected Democrats are reaping the rewards of the groundwork she laid.
During a conversation at Rutgers–Newark’s Sheila Y. Oliver Center for Politics and Race in America, moderated by director James Jones, author Ta-Nehisi Coates recalled Abrams telling him in 2015 that Georgia would turn blue.
Though skeptical at the time, Coates now reflects on the years of organizing that made it possible and why Abrams deserves recognition.
“She didn’t get to wear the crown,” he said, acknowledging her role in Georgia’s political transformation.
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