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How Stacey Abrams' 'black girl magic' turned Georgia a bit more blue

  • Written by Sharon Austin, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of African American Studies, University of Florida
Abrams savors her victory.AP Photo/John Bazemore

On May 22, 2018, Stacey Abrams, an African-American, 44-year-old former attorney, Georgia General Assembly House minority leader and Yale Law graduate beat former attorney white Georgia state legislator Stacey Evans in the Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary. While the race was hard-fought, the...

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