On Thursday’s episode of the “Politically Georgia” podcast, Atlanta Journal-Constitution journalists Tia Mitchell and Patricia Murphy discussed Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.
First up, Mitchell interviewed the Rev. Shavon Arline-Bradley, president and CEO of the National Council of Negro Women, to talk about her organization’s policy priorities and how faith and justice intersect in her work.
Then, Mitchell and Murphy are joined by AJC colleague Ernie Suggs, who provided an update on his story on Black joy the in face of federal protections unraveling.
“Now that we have a new president, we have all these attacks on DEI, we have all these attacks and pullbacks on diversity. It is kind of like a form of resistance,” he said.
“It is kind of like saying, ‘You’re taking back all this stuff that we fought for, and we expect it as Americans,’” Suggs said. “I’m going to push back.”
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