S5:E216🎙️🔴 LIVE ⚓🇺🇸 AMERICA 250 ✊🏾 | FROM THE PLANTATION TO THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION

S5:E216🎙️🔴 LIVE ⚓🇺🇸 AMERICA 250 ✊🏾 | FROM THE PLANTATION TO THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION: THE UNLIKELY JOURNEY OF KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS & THE DAY GEORGIA MADE AMERICAN HISTORY! 🏛️🌟

FROM ENSLAVEMENT TO EMANCIPATION. FROM EXCLUSION TO REPRESENTATION. FROM THE PLANTATION TO THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION. THIS IS MORE THAN ONE WOMAN'S VICTORY—IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY AMERICAN STORY 250 YEARS IN THE MAKING!

🎙️ JOIN ME LIVE for Season 5, Episode 216 of the Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ!

As America commemorates its 250th anniversary, we will explore the remarkable journey of Governor-Elect Keisha Lance Bottoms, who made history on November 3, 2026, as the FIRST WOMAN and FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN elected governor of Georgia—and the FIRST BLACK WOMAN elected governor in U.S. history!

From her enslaved ancestors, Sheppard and Betsy Peek, in Crawfordville, Georgia, to her rise as an attorney, judge, Atlanta City Council member, 60th Mayor of Atlanta, White House Senior Advisor, author, and Governor-Elect, her story embodies COURAGE, FAITH, RESILIENCE, PERSEVERANCE & THE POWER OF GENERATIONAL LEGACY!

📅 Friday, November 6, 2026

⏰ 10:00 AM PT | 1:00 PM ET

📍 LIVE on LinkedIn — RSVP & join the conversation!

🌟 WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

✊🏾 BLACK HISTORY: How the struggle for freedom, voting rights, and equal opportunity helped transform America—and why Bottoms' ancestral journey from Crawfordville to the Governor's Mansion matters.

👑 WOMEN'S HISTORY: How generations of courageous women, from Betsy Peek to Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan, Stacey Abrams, and Kamala Harris, helped open doors once considered impossible.

⚓ LEADERSHIP: How Bottoms navigated childhood adversity, public scrutiny, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the civil rights protests of 2020 while pursuing a life of service.

📚 AUTHENTICITY & RESILIENCE: What her memoir, The Rough Side of the Mountain, teaches us about overcoming trauma, embracing vulnerability, finding purpose, and defining success on our own terms.

🇺🇸 AMERICA 250: Why this historic milestone reflects both the extraordinary progress of American democracy and the work still required to fulfill its promise for ALL Americans.

 

📖 EXPLORE THE FOUR ARTICLES INSPIRING THIS EPISODE:

🇺🇸✊🏾 #BHY #23 | From the Plantation to the Governor's Mansion (https://lnkd.in/gJaC8EGU)

🌟👑 #WHY #2 | Keisha Lance Bottoms: A Woman of Courage, Faith, Family, Resilience & Purpose (https://lnkd.in/ggaWjsXw)

⚓🌟 #LEAD #233 | The Rough Side of the Mountain (https://lnkd.in/gesiPmz5)

📚 #BBB #74 | Coach BZ's Best Books: The Rough Side of the Mountain (https://lnkd.in/gcpn4Yqh)

 

💬 LET'S MAKE THIS AN INTERACTIVE LEADERSHIP CONVERSATION!

🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Share your city, state, or country!

🙏🏾 What is ONE thing you are grateful for today?

🎙️ Have a leadership question for Coach BZ? Post it below, and I'll address it LIVE!

💡 What are your THREE biggest takeaways? What ONE insight will you put into practice this week?

❤️ TAG SOMEONE WHO NEEDS TO HEAR THIS STORY!

WE MAY NEVER WITNESS THE FULL HARVEST OF THE SEEDS WE PLANT TODAY. BUT WE MUST KEEP PLANTING!

MISSION FIRST. PEOPLE ALWAYS! ⚓🇺🇸

#LeadershipAndSuccess #CoachBZ #America250 #KeishaLanceBottoms #BlackHistory #WomensHistory #WomenInLeadership #BlackWomenInLeadership #Leadership #Resilience #ServantLeadership #RepresentationMatters #BHY #WHY #LEAD #BBB