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Hannah Giorgis
Hannah Giorgis is a staff writer at The Atlantic. Along with Michelle Duster, Ida B. Wells’s great-granddaughter, Hannah recently co-wrote Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells. Before joining The Atlantic in 2018, she was the special projects editor at The Ringer. At The Atlantic, she primarily covers culture.
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