The ‘Atlanta Voice’ is heard: Donnell Suggs on Georgia’s primary | the optics in Selma concern me

'Atlanta Voice' editor-in-chief Donnell Suggs joined The Ron Show Monday, the day before Georgia primary election day.

The Atlanta Voice – ⁠celebrating sixty years in publication⁠ – is guided by ⁠editor-in-chief Donnell Suggs⁠, who’s made himself available for this show on many occasions, and the Monday before the Georgia primary, it was great to catch up and get a sense where his readership and metro Atlanta’s Black voting bloc is leaning on a handful of races.

He recently ⁠sat down with former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms⁠, who is of course running for the Democratic nomination to be Georgia’s next governor. Donnell and I discuss that race for second place, too.

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This ⁠AL.com op/ed⁠ concerns me a bit. John Archibald covered protests in Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, and noted the optics of the fleets of black SUVs and limousines swooping into Selma for quick stops and swoops back out, as well as one woman’s reponse: “That’s too much,” a lady beside me said. “This should be for the people.” Activists and politicians have to tweak these optics, in my opinion.

That said, the likes of Rev. Senator Raphael Warnock, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson, Senator Cory Booker, did lend voice and wisdom to the moment. I have highlights to share.