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The value of getting involved
A graduate of the school now known as Spelman College, she was a teacher in Atlanta and the mother of a young son. Searching for a way for parents in Atlanta – and elsewhere – to get involved in their chilren’s schooling, she laid the groundwork for an education icon.
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A once in a lifetime visit, and then it was gone
When the 1895 Cotton States Exposition opened in Atlanta over 120 years ago, it represented the culmination of years of planning and fund raising on the part of the exposition’s organizers. It was a big-time undertaking costing over $2 million dollars, which, by today’s currency standards, equates to around $57 million dollars. The exposition was […]
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A controversial approach
In 1895, Atlanta put its best foot forward for all to see with the Cotton States and International Exposition. It was a coming out party of sorts for Atlanta and designed to show the world that Atlanta had moved past its pre-civil war mentality and had taken its rightful place as the leader of the […]
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Festival of Chariots Atlanta – early June 2019 and ’17
Note: continuing a series about great Atlanta events that were canceled or altered in 2020 and 2021, but will hopefully return in 2022. Kelly
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Atlanta Jazz Festival – Piedmont Park – Memorial Day Weekend 2019
Note: continuing a series about great Atlanta events that were canceled or postponed in 2021, and will hopefully return in full force in 2022. Kelly
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Decatur Arts Festival – Memorial Day Weekend 2019
Note: continuing a series about great Atlanta events that were postponed or canceled in 2021, but will hopefully return in full force in 2022. Kelly
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The return of “Uncle Billy”
In November of 1864, having occupied Atlanta for a little over two months, William Sherman left the city to continue his march to the sea. About three miles out, he paused briefly and gazed back at Atlanta. Years later he wrote of that moment, “Behind us lay Atlanta smoldering and in ruins, the black smoke […]
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Soil Festival – Food Well Alliance at Truly Living Well – May 22, 2021
Note: This scaled-back Soil Festival was planned in response to Covid. Hopefully the great Soil Festival will return in its full glory in 2022. Kelly
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MomoCon – Georgia World Congress Center – May 24, 2019
Note: continuing a series about great Atlanta events that are canceled or postponed due to Covid in 2021, and will hopefully return in 2022. Kelly
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Malcolm X Festival – West End Park – May 19, 2018 & 2019
Note: Continuing a series about great Atlanta events that are canceled or postponed in 2021, and will hopefully return in 2022. Kelly
