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  • Remember 2020

    Photos, Videos and Stories from the year
    ADVENTURES IN FOOD
    The words that shaped the way we ate in 2020
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    AJC 2020 Photos of the year: Curtis Compton
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    2020 Photos of the Year: John Spink
    2020 Stories
    Year in review
    5 stories on social justice that shook 2020
    Year in review
    5 notable people we lost in 2020
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    From dust plumes to tornadoes: top 5 weather stories of 2020
    Year in Review
    Baseball to Brady: 2020’s top 5 sports stories
    Year in review
    From coronavirus to Trump: 2020’s top 5 political stories
    Year in review
    From vaccines to Trump: top 5 coronavirus stories of 2020
    Year in review
    Unemployment to social justice: top 5 business stories of 2020
    2020 Images
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    2020 Photos of the Year: Alyssa Pointer
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    2020 Photos of the Year: Hyosub Shin
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    AJC 2020 photos of the year: Bob Andres
    Remember 2020
    Videographers capture steady drumbeat of news of 2020
    Mike Luckovich
    In his own words: Mike Luckovich’s best of 2020
    Columnists
    • Ligaya FiguerasThe words that shaped the way we ate in 2020
    • Rodney Ho2020 Atlanta movie and TV year in review: Tyler Perry, Netflix, CNN, COVID impact
    • Bill Torpy Murder, mayhem, donuts and a crazed year in public safety
    • Gracie Bonds StaplesAnother COVID-19 victim — ceremony
    • Ligaya FiguerasDespite passage of pandemic relief bill, restaurants still in a precarious state
    • Mark BradleyA sliver of sanity in a wild year: Alabama wins the SEC
    • Jim GallowayState Rep. Calvin Smyre and the room where it finally happened
    In Memoriam
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    John Lewis, civil rights hero, Georgia congressman
    Obituaries
    Mary Rose Taylor, brain-health advocate, founder of the Margaret Mitchell House
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    C.T. Vivian, civil rights hero and intellectual
    Restaurant News
    Dante Stephensen, founder of iconic Atlanta nightspot Dante’s Down the Hatch
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    Robert Hightower Sr., Georgia State Patrol’s first Black trooper
    Local News
    Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice George Carley
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    Bishop Barbara L. King, founding pastor of Hillside International Truth Center
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    Terry Kay, Georgia’s prizewinning accidental author, dies at 82
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    Herman Cain, broadcaster, former presidential candidate
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    Black History Month
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    Celebrating Nurses
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    Remembering Coronavirus Victims
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    North Fulton coach who died from coronavirus known for personal touch
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    Atlanta designer known for her entrepreneurial spirit
    Local News
    A tireless advocate for south DeKalb
    Education
    A longtime elementary school nurse and her husband
    What Inspired Us
    Inspire Atlanta
    Even in tough times, inspiring Atlantans march on, motivate
    Life
    Art from the Heart: Children thank those on the front lines
    Inspire Atlanta
    Youth center offers hope for 30 years
    Inspire Atlanta
    Conyers woman’s rare disease, upbeat spirit made her memorable patient
    2020 Stories
    BEER TOWN
    Beer Town: The year in Atlanta beer 2020 was eventful but not easy
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    Listen: Best of AJC Podcasts in 2020
    My Atlanta
    All the food, places and events you voted Best of Atlanta in 2020
    Coronavirus
    A COVID timeline: How the coronavirus swallowed 2020
    Local News
    DeKalb County Judge Clarence Seeliger retiring after 40-year career
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    Man walks free after conviction tossed in Ga. church murders
    Education
    Special Report: Inside Atlanta Public Schools’ fight for the future
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Music Notes: 12 of the best songs of 2020
    Things To Do
    Podcast: The year in music with Melissa Ruggieri
    Restaurant News
    MAP: The more than 150 restaurants and bars that opened in metro Atlanta in 2020
    Politics
    Podcast: Reacting to our 2020 predictions for Georgia politics
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    Power Poll: Area leaders upbeat about 2021
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