Born in Winston County (which seceded from Alabama when the state seceded from the Union in the Civil War), Steve Suitts lived in Alabama for twenty-seven years, during which time he worked for the Selma Inter-religious Project and was founding director of the Alabama Civil Liberties Union. For eighteen years he served as executive director of the Atlanta-based Southern Regional Council, the South’s oldest interracial organization. Currently, Suitts works at a regional education foundation and is an adjunct lecturer at the Institute for Liberal Arts of Emory University in Atlanta, where he lives with his wife and two school-age boys.
Born in Winston County (which seceded from Alabama when the state seceded from the Union in the Civil War), Steve Suitts lived in Alabama for twenty-seven years, during which time he worked for the Selma Inter-religious Project and was founding director of the Alabama Civil Liberties Union. For eighteen years he served as executive director of the Atlanta-based Southern Regional Council, the South’s oldest interracial organization. Currently, Suitts works at a regional education foundation and is an adjunct lecturer at the Institute for Liberal Arts of Emory University in Atlanta, where he lives with his wife and two school-age boys.