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Stacey Abrams becomes Georgia House Minority Leader

Stacey Abrams was elected House Minority Leader in the Georgia General Assembly, becoming the first Black woman to lead a party caucus in the Georgia legislature. The position established her as the most powerful Black elected official in Georgia's history to that point.

Events

  1. January 2011
    Stacey Abrams becomes Georgia House Minority Leader

    Stacey Abrams was elected House Minority Leader in the Georgia General Assembly, becoming the first Black woman to lead a party caucus in the Georgia legislature. The position established her as the most powerful Black elected official in Georgia's history to that point.

  2. 2011
    Stacy Spikes co-founds MoviePass, pioneering subscription cinema

    Stacy Spikes co-founded MoviePass in 2011, inventing the subscription model for movie theater attendance that would eventually attract 3 million subscribers. After being removed from the company, he founded PreShow, a rewards-based entertainment platform. Spikes became one of the few Black tech founders to create a widely-adopted consumer product, demonstrating Black innovation in the subscription economy.