When marginalized groups finally gained access to the ballot, it took time for them to organize around opposition to the specific forms of discrimination and mistreatment that continued to plague them - and longer still for political parties and candidates… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
My mother grew up in abject poverty in Mississippi, an elementary school dropout. Yet, with the support of women around her, she returned to… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
One of the traditional rites of passage for political candidates is the revelation of financial status - a catechism-like recital of money mistakes made… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
Discriminatory legislation emboldens those who seek to make us afraid while giving those communities it hurts a concrete reason to fear. We must stay… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
I grew up one of six children with working-class parents in the Deep South. My mother was a college librarian, and my father worked… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
I got into my first fight, Democrat versus Republican, in second grade. I won. — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
I have been privileged to write across multiple facets of my life: to write romance novels, to write memoir, to write about leadership, and… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
From making it harder to register and stay on the rolls to moving and closing polling places to rejecting lawful ballots, we can no… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
We must reject the cynicism that says allowing every eligible vote to be cast and counted is a 'power grab.' Americans understand that these… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
My being a black woman is not a deficit. It is a strength. Because I could not be where I am had I not… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
The basis for sustainable progress is legal protections grounded in an awareness of how identity has been used to deny opportunity. — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
