Make It Count: Stacey Abrams on Why the 2020 Census and Fighting Voter Suppression Go Hand in Hand for Black Americans
by Ashley Velez from on (#4TQ3R)
In 2018, Stacey Abrams ran for governor of Georgia as the first black woman to be nominated by a major party. Despite gaining more votes than any Democrat ever during a statewide election, the slew of voter suppression tactics that swept Georgia ultimately prevented Abrams from becoming the first black female governor"