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by Sarah D
Let’s get something perfectly straight: Herschel Walker is by no means an ideal political candidate. The Republican Georgia Senate hopeful has enough baggage to fill a convoy.
But according to the New York Times, Walker’s biggest, heaviest baggage of all may be his race. Or, rather, his being a race traitor:
"Herschel forgot where he came from." Polls show Herschel Walker getting less than 10% of Georgia's Black vote in his Senate run. There are many possible explanations. But in his hometown, Wrightsville, they have roots in one seismic spring stretch in 1980.https://t.co/pEUaOcBsj1 pic.twitter.com/hKZwBSMAhU
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 2, 2022
It was outside the courthouse in 1979 that the Rev. E.J. Wilson, a Black pastor and civil rights activist new to town, began organizing protests calling out the indignities of being Black in Wrightsville…
