Many Americans will acknowledge Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when the last of enslaved African Americans were finally freed in Galveston, Texas, on June 19.
In the past year, the personal became extremely political. Perhaps poetry can say what politics can’t. GPB's Leah Fleming talks with three Georgia poets, including the state's poet laureate, to discuss the power of poetry during a pivotal time in American history.
GPB Morning Edition host Leah Fleming spoke with Georgia poets, Marco Soulo and Signature MiMi, who are expressing through their art what many in the country are feeling. Click to hear how they tap into their voices.
Pittsburgh is one of Atlanta’s oldest neighborhoods, but in recent times it's started to change. GPB's Leah Fleming has more on how the fight for the identity of an Atlanta neighborhood has residents taking sides.
Literary icon and Georgia native Flannery O'Connor is the subject of PBS American Masters. GPB's News Leah Fleming spoke with co-directors Elizabeth Coffman and Mark Bosco about the process of finding fascinating details about O'Connor's life.
