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26-Year-Old Wins Local Office in Georgia, Takes Her Oath of Office on Autobiography of Malcolm X

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Mariah Parker, a Ph.D. student and rapper who goes by the name Lingua Franca, was sworn into office as Athens-Clarke County, Ga., commissioner on June 5, 2018.  Since Tuesday’s election, an already-iconic photo has been sweeping the internet, as 26-year-old Mariah Parker took the oath of office Athens-Clarke County Commissioner, District 2, with her mother holding not the Bible or Quran, but another good book—Alex Haley’s Autobiography of Malcolm X.

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Quari is a journalism major at Stony Brook University, where he also serves as the culture editor for The Stony Brook Press. He is also the men's fashion editor for FASE magazine located in Boston, MA. He enjoys playing basketball, reading literature and cooking. Quari hopes to pursue a career in broadcast journalism covering sports, and culture.