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Look back through the years of the Constitution's dedicated coverage.
June 17, 2018

This month, in 1868, The Atlanta Constitution published its first edition. Take a look back at 150 years of real journalism in a special, 24-page section inside the Sunday, June 17, 2018, keepsake edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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