For some, Bakari Sellers is the voice of the resistance to MAGA. But his fight goes back much farther than Trump.

South Carolina native Bakari Sellers has become one of the most cogent anti-Trump voices in America. Here's how his roots in the Civil Rights Movement prepared him for this resistance.

For some, Bakari Sellers is the voice of the resistance to MAGA. But his fight goes back much farther than Trump.
In 2006, Bakari Sellers won election in South Carolina as the youngest Black lawmaker in America. In 2025, he's become one of the most vocal anti-Trump voices on CNN. (John Walder Photography)