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Black History Month 2019: Washer Women

AJC SEPIA BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Black Woman Magic: The Atlanta Laundry Workers’ Strike of 1881

Black History Month 2019: The Morehouse Woman

AJC SEPIA BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Mary Spivey: The Morehouse Woman

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)

AJC Sepia Black History Month

Heritage trail restores African American history in Bartow County

AJC | Black History Month: The Atlanta Black and Jewish relationship

AJC Sepia Black History Month

How an interfaith friendship bolstered the fight for civil rights

AJC | Black History Month: Otis Redding

AJC Sepia Black History Month

Otis Redding: Georgia native left legacy for the world

AJC Sepia Black History Moment | Mother Mathilda Beasley

Mother Mathilda Beasley: The mystery of Georgia’s first black nun

In his traditional red shirt and overalls, Hosea Williams fed thousands of Atlantans through his Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless program. The always colorful Williams died in 2000. (NICK ARROYO/STAFF)

Hosea Williams: His legacy lives on

Award-winning film director Spike Lee, who graduated from Morehouse College in 1979, teaches a class at his alma mater.

AJC Sepia Black History Month

Atlanta University Center: A symbol of educational excellence

29 reasons to celebrate Black History Month: No. 11, Auburn Avenue

Video: Celebrating Black History Month David T. Howard

Black History Month

David T. Howard: From Georgia slave to Atlanta philanthropist

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