Georgia on Democrats’ minds: Powering up the Black vote to counter Trump's meddling

France 24 · 22/10/2026 15:43:57

President Donald Trump's push to redistrict congressional maps and a Georgia state election law disproportionately affecting African Americans are aimed at diluting the power of the Black vote. Six decades after Atlanta was at the heart of the civil rights movement that granted Blacks in the southern states the right to vote, the community is fighting back.