Stacey Abrams: “A third of rural Georgia is African American.”

“And today in southwest Georgia, we have a district represented by Congressman Sanford Bishop that represents rural African American and also white folks in South Georgia, great example. Yeah. And just to put into context for folks, A third of rural Georgia is African American. And because often there's this notion that this is all about urban areas or it's all about giving special privilege, we forget that the majority there are only 67 black members of Congress out of 435.” (21:14–21:17)

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