Honoring Ahmaud Arbery: His Mother Shares Her Fight For Change

Honoring Ahmaud Arbery: His Mother Shares Her Fight For Change

In 2020, Ms. Wanda Cooper-Jones made a promise no mother should ever have to make — a vow to fight for justice for her son, no matter how long or how painful the road ahead would be. Her youngest, Ahmaud Arbery, was only 25 when he was murdered for being a Black man jogging in a suburban Georgia neighborhood.Even with a cell phone recording of the murder taking place, it would be months before anyone was even arrested. It wasn’t until 2022 that …

‘I Promised I’d Find the Truth’ — Ahmaud Arbery’s Mother Wanda Cooper-Jones On Justice, Legacy And Creating A World Where Black Boys Run Without Fear

Courtesy of Pitch Blend Before 2020, Wanda Cooper-Jones was a mother of three from coastal Georgia, living a quiet life shaped by faith, family, and community. Then, on February 23 of that year, 25-year-old Ahmaud “Maud” Arbery went out for a jog and never returned home. The world came to learn the story: Ahmaud was pursued, cornered, and murdered on a quiet street in a racially motivated attack that echoed the darkest chapters of American histo…