President Doug Shipman of the Atlanta City Council has caused a political uproar after removing two Black women from leadership positions.
The two members, Andrea Boone and Marci Collier Overstreet, spoke to FOX 5 about Shipman’s decision to put “Black women in a backseat.”
Shipman, who is white, told the outlet that the move was not done out of spite as he intends to rotate the chairman seats “to give members different experiences,” he said. Read more.
