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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The perseverance of Morris Brown College: The beginning of the end… or is it?
Next year will mark 20 years since the Historically Black College lost its accreditation preventing students from receiving federal financial aid and grants from the U.S. Department of Education. This first of a three-part series will present a rocky history with a glimmer of hope. By Allison Joyner In 2002, the box office hit Drumline […]
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Off we go
It seemed like a good idea but, after the outsider gave his speech, it became a great idea.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Georgia becomes first state to repeal citizen’s arrest law
Over the weekend, Colonial Pipeline, which fuels much of the East coast, shut down its services after a ransomware attack. 49% of Georgia gas stations are without gas, according to CNN. The pipeline restarted Wednesday, May 12, but it could take a few days for things to return to business as usual. In the meantime, […]
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The Dragon from Below
Roger Babson is the founder of the Gravity Research Foundation, an organization with the stated purpose of studying, understanding and, ultimately, harnessing the force of gravity. it was the childhood drowning of his older sister in a river near Gloucester, Massachusetts that sparked Babson’s life-long interest in finding a way to control the effects of […]
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Atlanta chapter of national nonprofit launches campaign to help COVID-19 relief efforts in India
Sewa International is a Hindu faith-based organization helping Atlantans support India. By Allison Joyner With the number of cases of COVID-19 spreading at an alarming rate in India, a metro Atlanta chapter of a global nonprofit organization has been helping to send relief to those in need. “A lot of people are suffering right now […]
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Aunt Geekie’s gift
In her more than two-decades-long opera career, Atlanta-born Mattiwilda Dobbs performed to acclaim on stages around the world. Along the way, she made history time and again, although, never on stage in Atlanta. It’s the story of a much-delayed hometown debut in this week’s Stories of Atlanta.
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$5
Five dollars does not go very far these days in Atlanta – or most other places, for that matter. But, there was a time not so very long ago when five dollars could buy a lifetime of memories. One of those times is the subject of this installment of Stories of Atlanta.
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Gift from France
The Woodruff Arts Center complex is home to some of the City’s premiere arts organizations. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Alliance Theatre, and High Museum of Art all reside within its walls. The artistic theme continues on the Center’s grounds with other works of art situated around the campus. Amid these is a piece with a […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: President, First Lady Biden visit Georgia to celebrate 100th day in office
After over 20 years as the world’s busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has fallen to second place. Today, more fliers travel through Guangzhou Bai Yun International Airport in southeast China. The Atlanta airport saw 43 million travelers in 2020, compared to 110.5 million the year before. But with more people receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, Hartsfield-Jackson […]
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The State of Greenbriar Mall: Is there a future?
With its anchor retail store gone, the owners and local officials try to come up with options to keep its doors open. In this third and final installment, SaportaReport looks into what is in store for Greenbriar Mall. By Allison Joyner As Atlanta’s first major mall is without a major department store retailer in its […]
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A bold move
Unlike today, where name-calling is a political sport, calling someone a traitor in 1848 apparently meant something. People were actually offended. Consider the example of Georgia Supreme Court Associate Justice Francis Cone, who used the word “traitor” when describing Little Alex…and to Little Alex, that was going too far. Fair warning, it doesn’t end well […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Climate pledges made on Earth Week
Happy Earth Day, Atlanta! Show Mother Nature some love today. Here’s a few ideas for how to celebrate: Get some fresh air: Arabia Mountain, Sweetwater Creek, Cochran Shoals Trail, Piedmont Park, Freedom Park Get involved: Earth Day at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Constitution Lakes Clean-up, live-stream some scaly friends at the Georgia Aquarium, take a […]
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As mayoral campaign launches, Mayor Bottoms’ carceral reforms scrutinized
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ two major criminal justice reform efforts face rising scrutiny from the Atlanta City Council as her reelection campaign gets underway.
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AUCC announced vaccine requirements for students, staff for future semesters
The historically Black academic consortium will continue to follow CDC guidelines to combat the threat of COVID-19 and the production of new variants of the virus. By Allison Joyner The Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC), which consist of Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, Spelman College and the AUC Robert Woodruff Library, […]
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Metro Atlanta, nation react to Chauvin verdict
By Allison Joyner Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on all counts of the murder of George Floyd. The incident sparked months of demonstrations across the country. Tonight, leaders, activists and organizations from around the country are reacting to the outcome of the trial, which concluded Tuesday, April 20. The tone of many […]
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The state of Greenbriar Mall: Current affairs
When news that Macy’s was closing its doors for good, many started to ask, “what does this mean for Greenbriar Mall?” By Allison Joyner Shoppers in the metro area have one less department store now that Macy’s has shuttered its Greenbriar Mall location after being open for 56 years. Worried the closing of Macy’s would […]
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Rules, regulations and fines
It’s pretty easy to imagine the amount of difficulty the newly chartered City of Atlanta experienced trying to bring the rule of law to a community that, since its inception, essentially had no laws. Atlanta, in its early days, was little more than a rowdy, frontier, railroad camp and, in the minds of many of […]
