Raphael Warnock, an heir to the Ebenezer Baptist Church pulpit in Atlanta—a pulpit where both my father and grandfather preached—is now the first Black person elected to the U.S. Senate from Georgia. Following one of the most politically polarizing and hateful election seasons our country has seen since the days of segregationists George Wallace and Bull Connor, a Black pastor ascended to one of the highest offices in the land.

Full Article: https://time.com/collection/time100-next-2021/5937697/raphael-warnock/