![]() ![]() Currently, she is stumping for voter protection, proposing the For the People Act to combat what she calls “Jim Crow 2.0.” Following the elections, Republicans rushed to ratify sweeping voter suppression laws across the United States-a gross violation of civil rights and a testament to Abrams’ efficacy. She established the voting rights organization Fair Fight Action and-working alongside other activists including Nsé Ufot, Helen Butler, Rebecca DeHart, DuBose Porter, and Nikema Williams- charted a path to victory, flipping the Senate with wins for Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, as well as securing the presidency for Joe Biden. ![]() ![]() As her story goes, after losing her 2018 gubernatorial bid due to long-standing voter suppression laws, Abrams set her sights, not on another political office, but on fighting the widespread disenfranchisement of Black and brown voters. Abrams proved formidable, not only as a grassroots organizer but as a strategist, one who knows how to play the long game. She had cemented herself as a heroine of political lore: the woman who turned (or returned) Georgia blue. I was excited and confused when I learned that Stacey Abrams was going to publish a legal thriller in the spring of 2021. ![]()
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