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Morris Dillard was active in the Atlanta Student Movement and later worked for MARTA and Atlanta's Olympic Committee
Morris Dillard dies at 83, shaped Atlanta from student movement to Olympics
Alan Harris ministered to the homeless in metro Atlanta for more than 30 years after his retirement from a government job. (JEAN SHIFRIN/staff)
Alan Harris, dies at 89, helped Atlanta’s homeless
Brian Goldner, of Hasbro, stands next to some of the company's toy figures at Hasbro's headquarters, in Pawtucket, R.I. Toy and entertainment company Hasbro has announced that its CEO and chairman Brian D. Goldner has died at age 58. The announcement Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, comes two days after the company said Goldner was taking a medical leave of absence from his CEO role, effective immediately.
Brian Goldner, who led transformation at Hasbro, dies at 58
Marjorie Fine Knowles blazed trails for women in Georgia and the U.S. as a lawyer, activist and law school dean. (JEAN SHIFRIN/staff)
Marjorie Fine Knowles, trailblazing lawyer, dies at 82
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Marissa McCall, once the public policy director at the Southern Center for Human Rights, speaks at a press conference at the John Lewis mural on Auburn Avenue in downtown Atlanta on Jan. 19. Democratic Georgia state lawmakers held a press conference at the mural on Auburn Avenue to announce the introduction of two bills that would restore the right to vote to felons in Georgia. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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Tobe Johnson influenced generations of young Black leaders at Morehouse. Courtesy of Morehouse College.
Tobe Johnson dies at 91, mentored generations of Morehouse men
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