Black History Month
In 1961, Malcolm X took an eye-opening trip to Atlanta
Malcolm X had been a public critic of King and rejected the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s direction on race relations.
Winfred Rembert documented the Jim Crow era with deeply personal paintings
Today, Rembert’s painting of a lively scene inside a juke joint in his hometown of Cuthbert, “The Dirty Spoon Café,” is on display in the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.
Stop the presses? Savannah’s Black newspaper, the Tribune, prints on
Over its 150 year history, The Savannah Tribune, a Black-owned weekly, has overcome censorship, distribution challenges, an ill-timed closure, a legal challenge, even a fire.
The rise and reign of Atlanta’s Black mayors
The year 1974 marked a historic shift in the leadership of Atlanta when Maynard Jackson became the city’s first Black mayor....
Atlanta Unveiled: How Black scholarship, movements and influences shaped Atlanta and America
It can be argued that even before the Harlem Renaissance, the concept of Black intellectualism was born right here in Atlanta.
Crowns of glory: New exhibit spotlights hats worn by King family women
“When it comes to hats, it is a crown of glory. ... They are honestly symbols of both defiance and dignity.”
