The Department of African American Studies is excited and honored to have Washington Bureau Chief for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Tia Mitchell join us for the annual Grace Towns Hamilton Lecture. Thursday, April 23, 2026 || Atwood, Room 360 || 4 PM Tia Mitchell is Washington Bureau Chief for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, covering national politics for a Georgia audience. She also shares her political expertise on national outlets like CNN, NBC News, CBS News and News Nation. Tia is a co-host of the AJC's "Politically Georgia" podcast. Tia is active with the National Association of Black Journalists, where she served as programming co-chair for four consecutive national conventions and is the immediate past chair of the NABJ Political Task Force. She is also active in her local NABJ chapter, the Washington Association of Black Journalists, vice president of the Washington Press Club Foundation Board of Directors and a member of the Gridiron Club, Washington's oldest and most p