'In 1860, an enslaved man named Sheppard Peek was listed among the possessions of William Peek. His value was placed at $1400.
More than a century and a half later, Sheppard’s great-great-granddaughter, Keisha Lance Bottoms, was elected governor of GA' https://t.co/R17ckLYNhc
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed defeats Republican Mike Rogers to become Michigan’s next U.S. senator.
He makes history as the first Muslim ever elected to the United States Senate.