Mary Norwood

Mary Norwood has dropped her legal challenge to Keisha Lance Bottoms's Dec. 5 mayoral run-off election in Atlanta.

Reality has finally set in for Mary Norwood in the Atlanta mayoral race. The Independent candidate announced her concession to Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms late Wednesday (Dec. 21), saying she will not contest the Dec. 5 runoff results despite earlier calls for a recount. Norwood lost to Bottoms by 821 votes in a race in […]

In 1997, at the age of 17, I fled rural Kentucky like my life depended on it. When I arrived in Atlanta to attend Morehouse College, I never looked back. Atlanta embraced me. In two years I was the youngest Student Government President elected at Morehouse since Dr. King was a student. I got married […]

The race for Mayor of Atlanta is drawing to a close as the last day to vote is December 5, 2017. Mary Norwood and Keisha Lance Bottoms are in a race to claim the seat. Roland Martin talks with journalist Condace Pressley and Ernie Suggs on the current condition of the race. “Mary Norwood is […]