Biden and Trump surrogates set sights on the Black vote in Georgia

Gina Palmer, owner of She Salon, is flanked by Senator Jon Ossoff (right) and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, spoke of having to watch many of her friends close their small businesses during the Trump administration. “I have seen my friends close their businesses because they were struggling to get by,” Palmer said. “Because of the Biden-Harris administration we are making a comeback.” Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice With the 2024 presidential election just a little more than four months away surrogates for both the Biden-Harris administration and for former United States President Donald J. Trump are hitting the campaign trails throughout Georgia. For voters, Democratic and Republican, having respected political figures show their political cards can go a long way to steering certain voter blocks – seniors, small business owners, young voters, Black voters, for example- to the polls in November. A sign on the wall inside Rocky’s barber shop. Photo by Julia Beverly/The Atlanta Voice The voice coming over the speakerphone was a familiar one. Inside Rocky’s Barber shop on Piedmont Road in Buckhead and outside the door via a speaker that was set up to accommodate the dozens of media members that were there to cover a...