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Sen. Raphael G. Warnock Remembers How the Police Killing of Amadou Diallo Sparked His Activism

"It didn’t make much sense for us to be talking about justice in the classroom if we weren’t willing to get in the struggle in the streets."

by Raphael Warnock via Literary Hub on June 16, 2022

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African Americans campaigning for Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker, and Confederate symbols in Georgia.

Minority Rule(s)

Georgia’s competitive runoff election is the result of centuries of white supremacist efforts.

by Anthony Conwright via The Forum on December 6, 2022

Raphael Warnock

Warnock’s Win Was 150 Years In the Making — But History Tells Us It Is Fragile

The selection of African American Sen. Hiram Revels in 1870 offered great hope — but it was soon dashed.

by William Sturkey via Made By History on January 18, 2021

Ebenezer Baptist: MLK’s Church Makes New History With Warnock Victory

Georgia Sen.-elect Raphael Warnock is pastor of the church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached.

by DeNeen L. Brown via Retropolis on January 3, 2021

An American World War II veteran salutes on a beach during the 1994 anniversary commemorations for the invasion of Normandy.

Let’s Give Black World War II Vets What We Promised

The G.I. Bill created a prosperous middle class that was altogether too white.

by Timothy Noah via The New Republic on November 10, 2023

Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia outside the U.S. Capitol in 1965.

The U.S. Senate Has Three Buildings. Why Is One Still Named for a White Supremacist?

Georgia’s Richard Russell was an unrepentant racist. You’d think a name change would be a no-brainer. And yet...

by Pablo Manríquez via The New Republic on February 23, 2023

Supporters cheer during an election night watch party for Sen. Raphael G. Warnock (D) in Atlanta

Warnock’s Win Points to the Need For Ongoing Political Organizing

Georgia’s own history highlights what out-organizing voter suppression really entails.

by Dan Berger via Made By History on December 7, 2022

Side-by-side of Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock

The Racist Origins of Georgia’s Runoff Elections

Sen. Raphael Warnock and challenger Herschel Walker, both Black, square off in a contest designed to empower White voters.

by Steven F. Lawson via Made By History on December 5, 2022

Illustration after American Gothic but in the context of the Black experience: African American farmers looking away, house foreclosed, lightning in the sky.

How Thousands of Black Farmers Were Forced Off Their Land

Black people own just 2 percent of farmland in the United States. A decades-long history of loan denials at the USDA is a major reason why.

by Kali Holloway via The Nation on November 1, 2021

Illustration of the Reconstruction era, with black men waving flags and listening to a speech in front of a governmet building while a white mob comes to attack them with clubs

America’s Political Roots Are in Eutaw, Alabama

When I think about the 1870 riot, I remember how the country rejected the opportunity it had.

by Adam Harris via The Atlantic on February 26, 2021

Julian Bond

What Julian Bond Taught Me About Politics and Power

Lessons about organizing from the SNCC co-founder.

by Jeanne Theoharis via Black Perspectives on January 27, 2021

Person walking with Confederate flag inside of the U.S. Capitol

The Capitol Riot Reveals the Dangers From the Enemy Within

But the belief that America previously had a well-functioning democracy is an illusion.

by Eric Foner via The Nation on January 8, 2021

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