Atlanta Mayor Bottoms Issues Statement on Death of Georgia State Sen. Johnson
October 24, 2019
October 24, 2019
ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 24 -- The city of Atlanta issued the following statement by Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on the death of Georgia State Sen. Leroy Johnson:
"Senator Leroy Johnson and his beautiful family have long represented the very best aspects of Atlanta. As the first African-American elected to the state legislature in more than 50 years, Senator Johnson was a groundbreaking statesman whose formidable presence in the Georgia Senate, two years before the signing of the . . .
"Senator Leroy Johnson and his beautiful family have long represented the very best aspects of Atlanta. As the first African-American elected to the state legislature in more than 50 years, Senator Johnson was a groundbreaking statesman whose formidable presence in the Georgia Senate, two years before the signing of the . . .