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Ernie Suggs is an American journalist with The Atlanta Journal Constitution who writes about race and culture. He also writes about the Carter Center and former President Jimmy Carter. He oversees AJC Sepia, the newspaper’s Black news curation site.

Early life and education
He was born in Brooklyn and raised in Rocky Mount, N.C. Suggs is a graduate of North Carolina Central University, with a degree in English Literature. He was editor-in-chief and sports editor of The Campus Echo and a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. In 2009, Suggs was also a Harvard University Nieman Fellow.

Journalism
Suggs joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 1997 and writes about race and culture, as well as a variety of breaking national news and investigative stories. He also writes about the Carter Center and former President Jimmy Carter. Since 2016, he has managed the AJC’s award-winning Black History Month project through AJC Sepia, the paper’s Black news curation site. He previously reported for newspapers in Gannett Newspapers in New York and The Herald-Sun in Durham, N.C.

Awards and honors
Suggs was a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow. He is a member of the Nieman Foundation’s Board of Trustees and the former national vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. He received a Pioneer Black Journalist Award from NABJ in 2013.

Personal
Suggs has said his obsession for Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is unmatched.