Nikema Williams tweeted the following:
"In 1906, White supremacist mobs terrorized and killed dozens of Black Atlantans, driving Black residents out of the city.During #BlackHistoryMonth, we remember the victims of the Atlanta Race Massacre and its lasting impact on Atlanta's Black community. #BlackHistory365"Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Nikema Williams:
"Heartbroken by the passing of Thomas Dortch, Jr. Eternally grateful for his lifelong work to advance equity through his commitment to HBCUs. Comforted to know he watched me introduce a bill to award him a Congressional Gold Medal last week.His loved ones are in my prayers."Read on Twitter
"Historic West Hunter Street Baptist Church is an Atlanta icon, as the church home of Dr. Ralph David Abernathy during key years of the Civil Rights Movement. I just delivered a $4 million check to restore and preserve it." on Feb. 15Read on Twitter
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, EXCEPT as a punishment for crime...shall exist within the United States."There's no excuse for the 13th Amendment's 'exception clause' loophole to still exist. I'm leading the Abolition Amendment with @SenJeffMerkley to end it!" on Feb. 15Read on Twitter
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