Former Atlanta mayor and civil rights leader Andrew Young has been discharged after being hospitalized Friday in what his ...

ATLANTA — On Friday, friends and family of the youngest of the 13 original Freedom Riders gathered at the historic Ebenezer ...

As Ambassador Andrew Young said of the passing of Congressman John Lewis “there is going to be a great camp meeting in the sky,” as the civil rights leader joined his peers and other racial and social ...

Tom, a friend of Martin Luther King, is informative and and tells interesting stories informing those of us new to the city of Atlanta’s roots in the Civil Rights Movement. Tom was a Freedom ...

especially to those in Atlanta, the birthplace of the civil rights movement. “[They] Fought for justice to advance us forward, now we’re taking several steps back,” Brown said.

In the 1960 presidential election, little focus was given to unrest in the South. So Atlanta activist Lonnie C. King came up with a plan, turning to his childhood friend MLK Jr. for support.

MLK’s legacy lives on in Atlanta where the city hosted “A day on” of services and parades to honor MLK including projects to ...

Charles Person, the youngest original member of the Freedom Riders, passed away at 82 in Fayetteville. At 18, Person joined ...

From a day of service to lectures, exhibits, concerts and art, there are a number of ways to observe MLK Day in Atlanta. Begin with honoring Dr. King’s legacy, visiting historic landmarks and ...

More than 50 years after he died at age 39 from an assassin’s bullet, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. endures as one of ...