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Before there was “Stop Cop City,” there was “Stop the Road”
In an undated photo from the AJC, a protester named Heitzso climbs down the tree to fetch food and drink for the other three tree sitters, John Michael, Danny Fieg, and Mike Ratel, who were protesting...
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The history of the South’s unique style of folk pottery
Ceramic face jug by Jim McDowellPhotography by Iain Bagwell Emblazoned with features both grotesque and enigmatic, face jugs are a style of folk pottery primarily concentrated in Georgia and the...
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Quick History Lesson: W.E.B. Du Bois at the Paris Exposition
Whoever controls the narrative has the power. In 1900, when the renowned sociologist, author, and Atlanta University professor W.E.B. Du Bois presented his groundbreaking The Exhibition of American...
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A quick guide to the Divine Nine
Members of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. gather for a photo at the 60th Anniversary of the March On Washington at the Lincoln Memorial on August 26, 2023.Photograph by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images...
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Some of Atlanta’s historic HBCU buildings are still in peril
Fountain Hall at Morris Brown CollegePhotograph by Martha Williams Just west of the futuristic origami that is Mercedes-Benz Stadium, some of Atlanta’s most richly historic buildings stand abandoned on...
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Morris Brown College’s hard reset
Morris Brown College alumni class photo, circa 1960Photograph courtesy of AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library In August, as Morris Brown College welcomed its largest class in 20 years, the school...
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Long live the Atlanta University Center
Students at a Clark Atlanta University Homecoming Step Show, 1992Photograph courtesy of AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library The first time I stood on the grounds of the Atlanta University Center was 1989. I...
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The ancestors of Nettie Washington Douglass still have stories to teach us....
Nettie Washington Douglass lives in Augusta after spending three decades in Atlanta.Photograph By Lynsey Weatherspoon He’d only just met the beautiful young woman, but Frederick Douglass...
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Atlanta used to have extensive public transit, actually
Two operators and passengers on an Atlanta Consolidated Street Railroad Company electric streetcar in 1896. Streetcars were generally run by a two-person crew, but Georgia Power Company cut costs by...
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In 1974, Hank Aaron broke the most hallowed record in baseball. I can still...
A line drive is always a tricky thing. As an 11-year-old Little League first baseman, that was a truth I knew from experience. Sometimes they shot off the bat with such ferocity that it tested my...
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