Politics + Black Lives Matter

Biden & The Black Agenda

Examining the current administration’s promise 1 year later

Quintessa Williams

Published in

GEN

7 min readJan 20, 2022

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President Biden with Black Politicians and Activists in 2013 | Photo Courtesy of ABC News

On November 7th, 2020, I wrote the following on my Facebook newsfeed:

“I woke up this morning to a new president. I woke up feeling different. I am so proud of my people I could just burst. Change can’t happen without Black…

Quintessa Williams

Written by Quintessa Williams

Writer for

GEN

Freelance Writer & Journalist 📝📚| #WEOC | Blackivist| Editor for Cultured, WEOC, & AfroSapiophile. Bylines in ZORA, Momentum & GEN Publications.

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