In her election night victory speech, Keisha Lance Bottoms recalls visiting Crawfordville, Georgia, where she found the grave of her great-great-grandmother Betsy Peake, born in 1845, 20 years before emancipation, in a cemetery filled with unmarked graves. The same town was home to a vice president of the Confederacy. "I am standing on shoulders made of steel," she says.
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- Who
- Keisha Lance Bottoms
- Where
- rally - election night, Georgia victory speech
- Original footage
- Roland S. Martin · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 57 seconds, unedited within the cut
- Plays
- 70 on Instagram
Read the transcript
I had the opportunity to visit Crawfordville, Georgia, the town where my family traces its roots at least five generations. It was the town that was home to the former governor of Georgia and the vice president of the Confederate States of America, Alexandra Stevens. I visited the grave of Betsy Peake, my great -great grandmother, who was born in 1845, 20 years before emancipation. In a cemetery filled with unmarked graves, I found hers. I don't know what dreams Betsy Peake had for her children or for her grandchildren or the generations that she would never meet. But I know I am standing on shoulders made of steel. So yes,
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.