Atlanta has a new monument and garden celebrating and honoring the legacy of civil rights activist Coretta Scott King. The Coretta Scott King Peace and Meditation Garden and monument were dedicated on Thursday, which would have been her 96th birthday.
On International Women's Day, Atlanta's own trailblazer — by way of Muskogee, Oklahoma — Xernona Clayton was celebrated with a bronze statue in the heart of the city. She says she asked sculptor Ed Dwight to make her look like a combination of Halle Berry, Lena Horne and Coretta Scott King. Her verdict? "Fabulous!"
A new scholarship program for students at historically black colleges and universities bears the name of former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young.
Civil rights icon and U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young turns 90 on Saturday. He’s celebrating with four days of events. On Thursday, hundreds gathered for a peace walk through downtown Atlanta.
Thursday on Political Rewind , we were joined by former mayor of Atlanta and long-time civil rights activist Andrew Young. As a pastor in Georgia, Young...
Andrew Young, the civil rights-era leader, former mayor of Atlanta and President Jimmy Carter’s ambassador to the United Nations, endorsed Democratic...
With New Year's right around the corner, we're re-airing our conversation with Ambassador Andrew Young in the spirit of self-reinvention. We hope that...
Morris Publishing announced this month it would sell ownership of 11 daily newspapers in the Southeast to Gatehouse Media. The sale includes large local...
Today, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Police Chief George Turner will meet with Black Lives Matter activists. Reed and Turner agreed to the meeting last...
The 2016 Rio Olympics will be kicking off next month, but this year also marks the 20th anniversary of the 1996 Atlanta games. And one of the biggest...
