House on Who Will Lead The New Black Capital of America?: The Hill

Roger House, associate professor in American Studies, writes for The Hill about Georgia’s political revolution, and who will lead the new Black capital of the U.S.

Black political leaders have a lot of work to do to gain seats in the legislature. This means branching out from the urban districts and forging new alliances. The party in charge designs election districts and, though losing seats, Republicans maintain a comfortable margin of control.