"I'm Not OK": Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama on Racism and Sickness in Her State

'Jefferson Davis Day is one of three holidays celebrating the Confederacy, in Alabama, and as protests continue, and symbols of our country’s racist legacy come toppling down in cities and towns nationwide, Congresswoman Terri Sewell says it’s time to end this holiday. "We need atonement to heal," she wrote. Sewell represents the 7th Congressional District of Alabama, which includes Selma, Birmingham, and Montgomery, key sites of the civil rights movement.  Representative Sewell joined The Takeaway recently to talk about this moment and whether a change is coming to Alabama, just as her state is also seeing a sharp uptick in confirmed COVID-19 cases. Cases that are disproportionately killing those who make up the majority of her district: Black men and women.'