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APS recognizes baseball hall-of-famer by renaming academy
The school was previously named after Confederate General and Ku Klux Klan leader Bedford Forrest. By Allison Joyner On Wednesday, Atlanta Public Schools (APS) took another step to further distance its institutions from honoring problematic historical figures. The former Forrest Hill Academy — named after the Confederate General and Ku Klux Klan leader Nathan Bedford […]
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Black Crackers former practice field at Bush Mountain – Service day by Delta and Braves – July 28, 2021
Read John Ruch’s column on the effort to commemorate this rare piece of Negro Leagues baseball history in Southwest Atlanta: https://saportareport.com/braves-and-major-league-baseball-join-the-effort-to-commemorate-a-negro-leagues-field/columnists/johnruch/
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Three landmark events at Atlanta Stadium in the 1960s – Were you there?
By Guest Columnist BO HIERS, who has ‘semi-retired’ from a 35-year career in the reinsurance industry and now volunteers at the Atlanta History Center
It’s difficult to imagine Atlanta without a professional sports stadium, especially when you consider the Braves, Falcons, and Hawks are now proud owners of three of the newest and slickest stadiums and arenas anywhere. But that was the case in 1964. Cue Milwaukee Braves owner William Bartholomay and the National Football League (NFL). Attendance was sagging at County Stadium in Milwaukee, and the NFL was looking to expand its geographic footprint into Southern states. There were plenty of twists and turns along the way, but the Braves and Falcons were on the way.
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Cobb County leaders and Atlanta Braves Mike Plant advocate for more transit
It’s hard to mention Cobb County and transit in the same sentence without stirring up all sorts of emotions.
That actually was the intent of Advance Atlanta, a group of millennials who care deeply about our region’s future, when they held a program – Transit Talk: Cobb – on Oct. 20.
