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Dorothy Bolden, an Atlanta union and civil rights leader, worked tirelessly to protect domestic workers and fight for fair pay. Four artists were involved in a series of murals honoring Bolden. Here is “Dorothy Bolden Vine City Legend” by Fabian Williams on a building at 884 Murphy Ave. in Atlanta. (Courtesy of Jen Farris)

Atlanta murals to honor Dorothy Bolden, who organized domestic workers

Mary Frances Early, the first Black person to graduate from the University of Georgia, recently wrote an autobiography that discusses how she was ostracized as a student there and in recent years embraced. (University of Georgia)

UGA’s first Black grad tells her trailblazing story with autobiography

Kameron Turner, 3, visits the Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune statue with his dad Karsceal at the News-Journal Center in Daytona Beach, Fla. Tuesday. A statue of Black educator Mary McLeod Bethune will be on display for two months in Florida before heading to its permanent home in the U.S. Capitol where it's replacing a sculpture of a Confederate soldier as one of two statues from the Sunshine State in the building's National Statuary Hall.

Statue of educator Mary McLeod Bethune unveiled before heading to U.S. Capitol

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Miss Spelman Janna LeAnn Perry (C) and her two attendants Zaire Bailey (R) and Haleigh Renèe Hoskins (L) ride in a carriage during the combined homecoming parade of Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College and Spelman College in Atlanta, GA in this October 2017 file photo. (STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC)

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Chef Deborah VanTrece of Twisted Soul Cookhouse & Pours headlines several events at Gather 'round, a new food festival from Southern Culinary & Creative. (CONTRIBUTED BY JENNI GIRTMAN / ATLANTA EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY)

Black chefs serve up soulful experiences at Gather ‘round

PINK’s Signature Spring Empowerment Event in March featured a roster of diverse C-suite women. The fall empowerment event will take place Oct. 18. (Courtesy of PINK)

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In the past eight months, women from the Refugee Women's Network Hiking Group have participated in eight hikes at parks and trails across Georgia, including Pine Mountain in Cartersville. (Courtesy of Ileana Yustis / Refugee Women's Network)

OPINION: Hiking helps immigrant women adjust to new lives

In this photo provided by English Heritage, a view of the blue plaque on the house where African American freedom fighters Ellen and William Craft settled and raised their family, in Hammersmith, London. English Heritage marked the accomplishments of Ellen and William Craft with a blue plaque outside the two-story brick row house in the Hammersmith area of West London from which they campaigned for the end of slavery. The couple escaped slavery in 1848 when Ellen, the light-skinned daughter of a Black woman raped by her enslaver, disguised herself as a disabled white man traveling north for medical treatment. William accompanied her, posing as her servant.

Georgia couple who escaped from slavery in 1848 honored in London

Shaina Riggins moved into this refurbished 1960s ranch home in the historic Collier Heights neighborhood in 2020. This year she was cited by the city for having painted bricks, a job performed before her purchase. Photo by Bill Torpy

OPINION: Black historic district hits homebuyers like a ton of bricks

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Talk show host Nick Cannon surprises seven students attending historically Black colleges and universities, including a Clark Atlanta student, by announcing that his show will help pay off their student loan debt once they graduate. PHOTO CREDIT: The Nick Cannon Show.

Nick Cannon surprises Clark Atlanta student with scholarship

Tesla previously denied any knowledge of the alleged racist conduct at the carmaker’s San Francisco Bay area plant, which has about 10,000 workers.

Tesla ordered to pay $137M to Black worker who claimed racial abuse

The Playwrights of Horizon Theatre's new project, "Black Women Speak."
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FILE - In this March 7, 1965, file photo, civil rights demonstrators struggle on the ground as state troopers break up a march in Selma, Ala. The world knows the names of John Lewis and a few more of the voting rights demonstrators who walked across Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965 only to be attacked by Alabama state troopers on a day that came to be called “Bloody Sunday.” A new project aims to identify more of the hundreds of people who were involved in the protest. (AP Photo/File)

Project aims to ID more voting rights marchers of ‘Bloody Sunday’

Relatives of the Black man fatally shot by a white South Carolina state trooper this month say the trooper attempted an illegal traffic stop, and thus had no legal reason to chase and eventually kill the man during the following struggle.

Family: Traffic stop that led to fatal shooting in SC was unlawful

This undated photo provided by the Equal Justice Initiative/Human Pictures on Thursday, Sept. 30, shows an exhibit at the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama. The display is part of an expanded museum created by the Equal Justice Initiative that focuses on the legacy of slavery in America. (Equal Justice Initiative/Human Pictures)

Expanded Alabama museum confronts slavery’s lasting impact

President Jimmy Carter is getting a comic book published about his life shortly before his 97th birthday.

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A longtime activist in Cobb says the district continues to ignore what happens to Black students in its schools. / alyssa.pointer@ajc.com

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Emory University has formed a working group to develop a memorial to honor enslave people who helped build the original campus and those with historic ties to the community. CONTRIBUTED

Emory apologizes for campuses displacing Native Americans

Isabella Banos, center, of the Harriet Tubman Highway Committee, joined by her grandfather, Modesto Abety, and local elected officials, smiles after unveiling the new sign renaming a portion of South Florida’s Dixie Highway after Harriet Tubman on Sept. 18.

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Kenyette Tisha Barnes and Oronike Odeleye are co-founders of #MuteRKelly. CONTRIBUTED

Local women who worked to mute R. Kelly welcome guilty verdict

Timbaland, the hit-making producer for elite acts including Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z, is creating a new venture called Beatclub, a digital platform for music makers to connect with musicians, producers, songwriters, music publishers and record labels. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Jelani Day was reported missing August 25 after he failed to show up to class at Illinois State University in Normal, just outside Bloomington, ABC 7 Chicago reports. His body was found floating in the Illinois River on September 4, but the 25-year-old remained unidentified until Thursday when the LaSalle County Coroner’s Office confirmed it was Day through DNA testing.

Missing grad student identified weeks after body found in river

Daniel Boccia, 30, died Aug. 15 after a drug relapse. Boccia's struggle with drug addiction and the impacts of incarceration led his mother, Kate Boccia to a life of activism. Daniel is pictured with his girlfriend and son. (Courtesy of Kate Boccia)

OPINION: The heartache of addiction leads to lifetime of activism

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