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Following the ceremony, Mayor Duffey gathered a group of men who he said made an impact on his life and have been good role models for many others in the community. (Courtesy of Larry Stanford)

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A small group of people alongside abortion rights activists rallied at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta on June 26, 2022 to protest the U. S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v Wade. Miguel Martinez /miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

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Tyler Mitchell attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute September 2021 benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion" exhibition in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

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Peter Byrd, 66, of Douglasville, learned he was HIV positive 33 years ago. In the early days of his fight, he gained and lost weight and has been near death. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

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We take a look back at the historical significance of the Haitian revolution, the largest and most successful slave rebellion in the Western Hemisphere. Members of Atlanta's Haitian diaspora share how they remember learning about their country's history, and what it means to them.

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American novelist, writer, playwright, poet, essayist and civil rights activist James Baldwin poses at his home in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, southern France, on November 6, 1979. (Ralph Gatti/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

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Nyla Rose delivers a devastating Camel Clutch (a rear chinlock while seated on an opponent's back) to Ryo Mizunami on an All Elite Wrestling program. Rose was AEW's second woman's champ and is the first openly transgender wrestler. (Courtesy of TNT)

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Dr. Natasha Travis and Eva King, members of the Atlanta chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., confer with each other at the sorority's Covid-19 vaccination drive-thru at West Mitchell CME Church in Vine City on Feb. 19, 2022. Dr. Travis is the chair of the chapter's Covid-19 response committee. The sorority is celebrating 100 years in 2022.

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