As a cultural hub, Atlanta has a diverse list of ways to celebrate and learn more during this year's Black History Month.

As Black Americans stand in the face of what might be a Civil Rights Movement 2.0, we celebrate our contemporary civil rights ...

By sitting down to lunch at a North Carolina department store, the brave men inspired many others to take part in nonviolent ...

February is around the corner – an annual nationally-recognized reminder to explore and celebrate Black history. This month is one of the best times to visit sites that shaped the Civil Rights ...

For Charles Person and Thomas Gaither, 1961 was an eventful year in their young lives. Person was 18 and became the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, and Gaither was 22 when he introduced the ...

About two miles away from the heart of downtown Atlanta, Krog Street Tunnel is a designated space for graffiti artists to ...

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

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

When he and other Black protesters were arrested at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961, they tried a new strategy — ‘Jail No ...

As we reflect this week on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it is impossible to overstate his profound influence on Georgia, the nation and the world. Born ...

King's innovative thinking helped pave the way for Black entrepreneurial success. By challenging what's possible, King created a new era.

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