ATL City Hall displays exhibit memorializing Atlanta Child Murders

March 21, 2019 - Atlanta - Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced in March that officials will take a fresh look at the Atlanta Child Murders cases that left more than 20 youths and young adults dead four decades ago. At a news conference with Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields, Bottoms said the intention is use technological advances to re-test evidence and see if any answers come. Bob Andres / bandres@ajc.com

March 21, 2019 - Atlanta - Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced in March that officials will take a fresh look at the Atlanta Child Murders cases that left more than 20 youths and young adults dead four decades ago. At a news conference with Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields, Bottoms said the intention is use technological advances to re-test evidence and see if any answers come. Bob Andres / bandres@ajc.com

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will display more than 100 works of art memorializing victims in the Atlanta Child Murder cases in the Mayor’s Gallery at City Hall from Thursday until Feb. 6.

The exhibit will be featured in the atrium of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport from May 28 to July 22.

Last year, Bottoms established the “Mayor’s Advisory Committee: Atlanta Children’s Memorial Taskforce,” a group charged with determining an appropriate acknowledgment of the lives cut short during the Atlanta Child Murders.

The term Atlanta Child Murders refers to the killing of at least 29 black youths and young adults 1979 to 1981.