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Government
Letter to Editor: I Rode on Segregated Buses
Dear Cascade Patch: Love your post. I never lived in Atlanta but had relatives there in the Cascade area, on Veltre Circle. I grew up in Greensboro, N.C., and atten...
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Blog Post
Black WWII Vets and 'Red Tails' of Context
Dr. Josephine Bradley of the Africana Women’s Studies Program at Clark Atlanta University doesn’t know it but I often think about something she has said. As a Civil Rights fi...
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Schools
EMC2 'Eyes on the Prize' Screening, Atlanta Black History Panel Tonight
Embracing Mays Community and Cluster Schools (EMC2) will continue its special screening of the classic documentary "Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years" and panel disc...
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Government
Atlanta Public Bus Desegregation 53 Years Ago
Fifty-three years ago Jan 22, the city of Atlanta desegregated public transportation, according to a tweet this morning from The Atlanta History Center (@ATLHistCenter) linking tweeple ba...
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Awareness
James Baldwin’s Soul is Still On Fire!
On Thursday, May 23, 1963, writer and activist James Baldwin met privately with Robert F. Kennedy at Kennedy's home in McLean, Virginia. Baldwin was infuriated by the virulence met...
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Schools
EMC2 Kicks off 6-Week "Eyes on the Prize" Screening and Atlanta Black History Celebration
Embracing Mays Community and Cluster Schools (EMC2) will kick-off a six-week screening of the classic documentary "Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years" and panel discus...
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Opinion
The 2012 King March in Atlanta: An Emperor Who Had No Clothes
The best way to honor Dr. King today is to hold up a mirror and ask our self and ask 'Who are we really?'—Wise Indian Woman, 2012 King Ecumenical Service I woke up because the day wa...
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Opinion
Reader Poll: The King Memorial Quote Change, Yes or No?
A quote carved in stone on the new Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington will be changed after the inscription was criticized for not accurately reflecting the civil rights lead...
