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Stacey Abrams ( via Howard University) *The PR folks at Howard University are letting the world know about the appointment of Stacey Abrams, Esq., as the inaugural Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics. The chair will be housed in the Ronald W. Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center at Howard University. “Stacey Abrams […]

Stacey Abrams / Twitter *Black men are being blamed for Stacey Abrams’ loss in Georgia’s governor’s race.  As reported by SandraRose, Black women on Twitter are outraged that Black men didn’t help carry Abrams across the finish line to victory. Gov. Brian Kemp won 53% to 45% in the midterm elections on Tuesday. Per the […]

Stacey Abrams *Culver City, CA – Amazon Studios has acquired worldwide rights to Untitled Voting Rights documentary from production company Story Syndicate. The documentary, which prominently features insights from politician, lawyer and author Stacey Abrams, is directed by Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker Liz Garbus and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Lisa Cortés. Currently in post-production, the timely […]

*(CNN) — A since-deleted tweet featuring photos of a mask-less Stacey Abrams posing among masked schoolchildren has prompted swift backlash from political opponents who chastised the Georgia Democrat for what they describe as hypocritical behavior after she championed more stringent masking policies in schools. The photos were originally tweeted Friday by the school’s principal, Holly […]

*Activist and former Gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is set to re-release the first three romance novels she penned under an assumed name.  Before she ran for governor of Georgia and became a voting rights activist, Abrams wrote romance novels. Abrams, who was the first Black female major-party gubernatorial nominee in the history of the United […]

*The Democrats are hoping Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama will give gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams the edge she needs in her race against Ga. Secretary of State Brian Kemp. The media mogul will reportedly campaign with Abrams on Nov. 1, by knocking on doors and holding two town hall meetings in Cobb County and DeKalb County […]

Stacey Abrams – Brian Kemp – Getty You probably won’t be surprised to learn that Stacey Abrams is catching heat (from Republicans) for calling Georgia the worst place to live in the United States. Abrams, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate is looking to unseat incumbent Republican Governor Brian Kemp in November. It was during a […]

Stacey Abrams Rashad Robinson, Color Of Change PAC Spokesperson: “With Stacey Abrams’ victory in today’s gubernatorial primary, we are one step closer to electing the nation’s first Black female governor. During the primary, Color Of Change PAC worked aggressively to build grassroots Black political power in Georgia and mobilize support for Abrams’ candidacy. We […]

*Yesterday Stacey Abrams pre-recorded an interview on SiriusXM’s Signal Boost with co-hosts Zerlina Maxwell and Jess McIntosh, where she addressed the topics of voter suppression, identity politics, her own story of being scared by the presence of police officers, that the upcoming elections are a redo of both 2010 and 2016, and also today’s Supreme […]

Stacey Abrams – Brian Kemp – Getty *(CNN) — Republican Gov. Brian Kemp will be reelected in Georgia, CNN projected, winning a rematch of his 2018 race against Democrat Stacey Abrams. Kemp had been seen as the favorite in the race for months, with Abrams unable to capture the momentum she experienced in 2018 […]

*While Brian Kemp is preparing to become governor of Georgia, Stacey Abrams is preparing a legal battle while counting more ballots. Abrams, who would become the country’s first black female governor, has refused to concede, noting that a crucial amount of votes are still being counted. Three of the state’s biggest counties “have reported only […]

Stacey Abrams in gubernatorial campaign ad, released Dec. 1, 2021 *Georgia’s Stacey Abrams announced Wednesday that she is running for governor a second time, setting up a potential rematch with Georgia GOP Gov. Brian Kemp. Abrams ran for governor in 2018, losing to Kemp by 1.4 points. At the time, Kemp was Georgia’s Secretary […]

* Stacey Abrams has joined forces with athletes and artists from the More Than a Vote coalition to launch a new animated video on the history of voting. The project was produced in partnership with LeBron James’ SpringHill Company, with the goal of encouraging people to vote. “Fair Fight Action is happy to partner with […]

* Stacey Abrams, who ran and lost as the Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate, is not interested in running for the US Senate next year. On Tuesday, in a video released to social media, she said her plans and are centered around doing everything I can do hep elect a Democrat to that seat next year.” […]

*An earlier report noted that Activist and former Gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is set to re-release the first three romance novels she penned under an assumed name.  Before she ran for governor of Georgia and became a voting rights activist, Abrams wrote romance novels under a pseudonym because she thought her own name was “boring,” […]