The Democratic Party Didn’t Turn Georgia Blue; Black Belt Voters Did It

Part one of our “Black, Blue and Invisible Series” examines how Black rural voters won the midterms.

“The prayers of the righteous availeth much,” says the woman standing in the parking lot outside Felton’s Red & White.

Founded in 1895, the Macon County, Ga., supermarket is one of the nation’s oldest Black-owned businesses and quite possibly the oldest Black-owned grocery store in America. On any given day, you can find current owners Richmond and Karen…