Georgia's rural Black voters helped propel Democrats before. Will they do it again?
NPRGeorgia's rural Black voters helped propel Democrats before. Enlarge this image toggle caption Nicole Buchanan for NPR Nicole Buchanan for NPR ALBANY, Ga. — Johnnie Armstrong says he has voted in Albany since 1955, so he remembers an era when local officials tried to keep Black voters like him from the ballot box. Enlarge this image toggle caption Nicole Buchanan for NPR Nicole Buchanan for NPR Voters want change Young is glad candidates come to Southwest Georgia now, but he says they also need to deliver on their promises for a region that's not benefited as much from the state's economic growth. Enlarge this image toggle caption Nicole Buchanan for NPR Nicole Buchanan for NPR Elections may hinge on the suburbs, but candidates need every vote Youth organizer Maggie Bell appreciates the specific challenges this region faces. "When people think of rural voters, they think of farmers, white people," Bell says, as Albany State's Marching Rams band parades by.
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