A 'new civil rights movement' has to be built: it'll begin (again) in Selma
About this episode
Lauren Groh-Wargo discusses the need for a new civil rights movement and the challenges faced by marginalized voters in Georgia.
Fair Fight Action CEO Lauren Groh-Wargo (who's now been called to testify before a state Senate panel investigating the now-defunct New Georgia Project ) joined me to vent over the state of civil rights & marginalized voter rights in a post-'Callais' environment. Lauren spoke of the need for a "new civil rights movement." Well, that new coalition is assembling Saturday in Selma - first at the Edmun Pettis bridge - with nearly a hundred organizations gathering to re-invigorate a civil rights movement that's seen a century of gains almost entirely wiped away in the last sixteen months. - - - Make no mistake: this isn't just about silencing Black voters. There's also been the targeted effort to eviscerate the Black middle class - starting with DOGE disproportionately terminating Black women from career federal jobs that, for generations, had been a 'safe haven' of sorts from hiring bias & pay discrepancies. It's not enough they want to dilute a Black family's voting power; they'd also taken aim at a Black woman's purchasing power, too. - - - It's no wonder, then, why Southern-born, Southern-raised Bakari Sellers 'lost his cool' as the smug Kevin O'Leary insisted…
People in this episode
Host: Ron Roberts
Guest: Lauren Groh-Wargo
Topics covered
- civil rights
- voter rights
- marginalization
- social justice
- political activism
- Black community issues
Keywords
- civil rights movement
- voter suppression
- Black voters
- Georgia politics
- social justice
- Bakari Sellers
- Kevin O'Leary
- Mad Men
- The Handmaids' Tale
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Fair Fight Action
Books & works: Mad Men, The Handmaids' Tale, The Testaments
Places: Selma, Edmun Pettis bridge, Georgia
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