1. Vincent Dean Fort was an American politician who served as a member of the Georgia State Senate for the 39th district from 1996 to 2017.
15 Facts About Vincent Fort
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Vincent Fort represented part of Fulton County for the 39th district.
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Vincent Fort's district included part of Atlanta and East Point.
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Vincent Fort was born in New Britain, Connecticut on April 28,1956.
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Vincent Fort received his Bachelor of Arts degree in American history from Central Connecticut State College and a Master of Arts in African-American history from Atlanta University, where he wrote his thesis on an oral history of the sit-in movement during the civil rights era at the Atlanta University Center.
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Vincent Fort was described as a career educator and was previously a professor at Morris Brown College and Morehouse College, two historically black colleges in Atlanta.
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Vincent Fort was the first author of Georgia's predatory lending law, which, until replaced by a measure written by Congressman Tom Price, was the strongest law in the country.
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Vincent Fort appeared on or been quoted in numerous local, national and international media outlets about the topic, including CNN, Fox News, the New York Times, MSNBC, the Washington Post, Newsweek, The Nation Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, HDNet with Dan Rather and Financial Times.
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Vincent Fort sponsored and co-sponsored bills against prostitution, hate crimes, drug-related nuisances, discrimination against citizens with disabilities, racial profiling, disabled access to housing, and collective bargaining for law enforcement officers.
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Vincent Fort was described as a supporter of Grady Memorial Hospital.
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Vincent Fort ran against Balch in the Democratic primary for the state senate in 2010.
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Vincent Fort was arrested in a protest for Medicaid expansion in Georgia at the office of Governor Nathan Deal.
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In February 2016, Vincent Fort announced he would relinquish his support for Hillary Clinton, instead supporting Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
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In January 2022, Vincent Fort declared his candidacy for Georgia's 13th congressional district in the 2022 election.
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Vincent Fort died from cancer on December 22,2024, at the age of 68.