Today’s moderator: Tom Sabulis

A 20-year veteran of the AJC, Tom Sabulis has covered news, politics and the arts during a career that has taken him to newspapers across the country. Since 2008, he has coordinated many of the newspaper’s pro/con debates and first-person guest columns.

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Atlantans tend to take a separate, racial approach to celebrating and acknowledging historic events, a division that makes it challenging for both institutions and individual communities to bridge. Today, our columnists write about the proper way to honor major anniversaries next year for the Civil Rights Act and the Civil War’s fall of Atlanta. Please join the discussion on our Atlanta Forward blog.

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