Envisioning a new MLK Blvd. gateway to downtown Macon: A bevy of burgeoning architects gathered on a vacant lot along Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. last week as Macon-Bibb County Commissioner Paul Bronson issued a challenge. 

Civil rights icon Andrew Young has come home to the south Georgia city where he first became a pastor in 1955. Young is billed as the star guest at the opening of a traveling exhibit in Thomasville on Thursday. The aptly called "The Many Lives of Andrew Young" will be held at an arts center not far from Bethany Congregational Church.

The king and queen of the Netherlands have begun a four-day tour of the U.S. in Atlanta. 

The family of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gathered at the King Center in downtown Atlanta this morning for a wreath-laying ceremony to mark the 56th anniversary of the civil rights leader's assassination. GPB's Amanda Andrews was there.

At an event hosted by the Carter Center and Dutch Consulate of Atlanta on Feb. 28, 2024, Sweet Auburn Stories producer Royce Bable sat down with Xernona Clayton, 93, for a wide-ranging interview about her Oklahoma childhood, a stint in Hollywood, her prominence in the American civil rights movement of the 1960s and her long media career. The storytelling series began in 2019 and focuses on Black pioneers. 

Stevie Wonder joined mourners at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta Saturday for the candlelight memorial service honoring Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King, who died Jan. 30, 2024 at age 62 after a battle with cancer.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter says her late brother was a fierce and visionary steward of their father's legacy. The Rev. Bernice King choked back tears at times on Tuesday as she shared memories of her childhood and recent meetings with Dexter Scott King.

The third of four King children, the 62-year-old died from prostate cancer at his home in Malibu, Calif., according to the King Center, where he served as chairman.

Dexter Scott King, the younger son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, has died after battling prostate cancer. The King Center in Atlanta says the 62-year-old son of the civil rights leader died Monday at his California home after battling prostate cancer.

With the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend approaching, events celebrating the life and work of King will take place Jan. 11 to Jan. 15 throughout Georgia, the home state of the late civil rights activist. Here is a list of activities and commemorations.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter says the world urgently needs to study and adopt her father's philosophy of nonviolence to avoid self-destruction. The Rev. Bernice King used an address Thursday to announce events for the upcoming holiday in honor of her father to warn that humanity was at a critical juncture.

"That action saved an important part of American history tonight," Atlanta's police chief told media gathered at the scene late Thursday.

Atlanta police have arrested a woman who's accused of trying to burn down the birth home of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta. Police say a preliminary investigation shows the woman had poured gasoline on the property before people at the site stopped her.

The Prince Hall Masonic Lodge in Atlanta's Sweet Auburn Historic District housed the headquarters for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) that included Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s office from 1963 to his assassination in 1968. The building is now being restored. 

The government of France has bestowed a further honor on Atlanta's Andrew Young. French Ambassador Laurent Bili promoted Young to an officer in France's Legion of Honor on Thursday in Atlanta.