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    • Black History Month

    Learn about black history and the story of the civil rights movement in Atlanta, the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr. Join The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as we take a look at some of the most prominent individuals, events and stories that have impacted America, over the course of Black History Month.
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    Though Phyllis C. Starks still loves shoes, the Cobb County woman spends her money more wisely now — and focuses more on saving and investing it — than when she spoke to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter for a story in 1995. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC
    News
    Atlanta and black wealth: Success for many, but not for all
    WeWork officially launched its new startups labs aimed at women and underserved communities in Atlanta on Jan. 27, 2020. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com
    News
    Atlanta fast becoming a mecca for African Americans in tech
    Mike Johnson (left) and Joyce Towner (right), employees of Goodr, collect and package surplus food on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Goodr collects leftover food from businesses and delivers them to local nonprofits with the goal of reducing food waste and food insecurity in and around Atlanta. CHRISTINA MATACOTTA / CRMATACOTTA@GMAIL.COM
    Local News
    As environmentalism evolves, blacks make voices heard
    Atlanta and Georgia
    Iris Mae Welch, left, Barbara Pace Hunt, center, and Myra Elliott, right, are largely unrecognized for the role they played in integrating Georgia's public universities. The author of a book about their sacrifices urges the state to honor the women by creating a statue of them or naming a building for them.
    Get Schooled Blog
    OPINION: Honor ‘hidden figures’ of Georgia’s college desegregation ...
    July 25, 2017 Atlanta - Portrait of C.T. Vivian at his home on Tuesday, July 25, 2017. The National Monuments Foundation will be acquiring and managing the world-class library of Atlanta Civil Rights icon, C.T. Vivian. The library will be housed in the new Cook Park in Vine City. Vivian lived in the same Vine City neighborhood that will border Cook Park where his library is to be constructed under a 101-foot Peace Column. The 6,000 volume C.T. Vivian Library is one of the most impressive private collections in the city. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
    News
    C.T. Vivian, civil rights hero and intellectual, dead at 95
    Emancipation Celebration along the parade route at the Thomaston, GA Courthouse Square, 1946. Photo Courtesy of Thomaston-Upson Archives
    Life
    Emancipation Day and Juneteenth celebrations aren’t new to Georgia
    History
    Atlanta-Defense attorney Warren Fortson has died. He played a role in trying to racially integrate Sumter County in the early 1960s and paid a price for his efforts. VINO WONG / VWONG@AJC.COM
    Obituaries
    Warren Fortson, 92, paid a price for supporting integration
    UGA honors first black graduate Mary Frances Early | AJC
    Education
    Invisible no more: UGA names college after first black graduate
    AJC | Black History Month: Doris Miller
    Life
    During Pearl Harbor attack, an “unknown Negro messman” became a hero
    Arts & Music
    Gwendolyn Payton hugs her cousin Vernon Middleton as one of her children, "Walking Dead" actor Khary Payton (left), looks on during the artist talk for her new gallery exhibition, "The Faith of The Dreamer: Opposition to the Truth May Derail the Dream but the Faith of the Dreamer Prevails," at Plunkett Gallery in the Hardman Hall Fine Arts Building at Mercer University in Macon on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. Gwendolyn Payton, after nearly 50 years, is getting her senior art show that was denied to her by the head of the Mercer art department at the time. She is holding a photo of her mother, Johnnie Mae Middleton, who died earlier this year. Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com
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    A degree and a dream deferred: Chance meeting corrects a half-century...
    Volunteers help to fill in the detail on the HEROINE Mural in Atlanta Saturday, September 19, 2020. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC
    Life
    Mural project aims to raise awareness of West End ‘Heroines’
    Mawhli Davis, Co-Chair of Beacon Hill Black Alliance for Human Rights, spoke about the removal of an obelisk Confederate monument on the courthouse grounds in June. JOHN AMIS FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
    DeKalb County
    Decatur contributes $5K to anti-racism art project
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    John Lewis
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    Remembering the actress who broke the color barrier at the Oscars
    National & World News
    80 years ago, actress Hattie McDaniel broke the color barrier at the...
    AJC | Black History Month: "Movin' on up"
    News
    Movin’ on Up: How a TV theme song motivates black America
    February 22, 2020 Acworth - State Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham speaks during an annual Memories Day, Black High School Reunion, at George Washington Carver Park in Acworth on Saturday, February 22, 2020. Bartow County celebrated Black History Month with its annual Memories Day at George Washington Carver Park, a segregated park affectionately known by its black patrons as The Beach. Residents gathered for a program that will reflect on the significance of The Beach in Civil Rights history, as well as share fondest memories of the surrounding Black high schools. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
    Life
    Heritage trail restores African American history in Bartow County
    Black History Month
    February 22, 2020 Acworth - State Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham speaks during an annual Memories Day, Black High School Reunion, at George Washington Carver Park in Acworth on Saturday, February 22, 2020. Bartow County celebrated Black History Month with its annual Memories Day at George Washington Carver Park, a segregated park affectionately known by its black patrons as The Beach. Residents gathered for a program that will reflect on the significance of The Beach in Civil Rights history, as well as share fondest memories of the surrounding Black high schools. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
    Life
    Heritage trail restores African American history in Bartow County
    The origins of Black History Month in the US
    National & World News
    Virginia teacher dresses up as different black historical figure each...
    Local News
    AJC Sepia Black History Month 2020
    In this Aug. 24, 1963, file photo, Bayard Rustin points to a map showing the path of the 1963 March on Washington during a news conference at the New York City headquarters. Rustin was gay in an era when same-sex relations were widely reviled in American society. He died in 1987, and is sometimes forgotten in civil rights history. AP PHOTO / FILE
    Life
    Bayard Rustin: Gay civil rights leader made mark despite controversy
    AJC | Black History Month: Lauryn Hill
    Things To Do
    Lauryn Hill’s innovative ‘Miseducation’ music teaches lasting lessons
    AJC | Black History Month: Tina Turner
    Things To Do
    Tina Turner: Music star showed how fabulous she is all over again
    This weekend, Selma will commemorate 55 years since Bloody Sunday
    News
    This weekend, Selma will commemorate 55 years since Bloody Sunday
    Local News
    This weekend, Selma will commemorate 55 years since Bloody Sunday
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