Then and now: How Black women’s history of political organization factors into Georgia Senate runoffs

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In two runoff races, Georgia’s voters will decide which political party will gain control of the Senate. Professor Danielle Phillips-Cunningham, who is a Multicultural Women’s and Gender Studies Program Director at Texas Woman’s University, breaks down the history of Black women organizing in Georgia, their political influence in the state and how minority students seeking a college degree are being impacted by the pandemic.