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February Is a Month That’s Rich in Black History
Ed Tant
February 5, 2025
Desegregation at 60: Students Who Integrated Clarke Schools Honored
Blake Aued
September 27, 2023
Civil Rights Martyr Medgar Evers Gave His Life to End Jim Crow
Ed Tant
June 14, 2023
New Civil Rights Ordinance Prohibits Athens Businesses From Discriminating
Violet Calkin
August 25, 2021
Whites Should Be Allies in the Fight Against Oppression
Ed Tant
February 19, 2020
Dr. King: From Hatred Toward Love
Pete McCommons
January 23, 2019
TIME After TIME: How Magazine Coverage of the South Changed From 1964–2018
jamesc.cobb
September 19, 2018
R.I.P. Rev. Archibald Killian, Athens’ First Black Police Officer
Blake Aued
November 2, 2016
Civil Rights Leader Julian Bond Has Died at 75
Tom Crawford
August 16, 2015
UPDATE: Athens Civil Rights Leader Evelyn Neely Has Died
Blake Aued
May 29, 2013
Undocumented Athens Students Fight Higher Education Ban
melissahovanesandrichardmilligan
May 1, 2013
Honoring Athens’ First Black Police Officers
Blake Aued
February 27, 2013
Athens Filmmaker Captures the Civil Rights Movement
danlorentz
February 20, 2013
The Political Year In Review
Pete McCommons
December 27, 2006
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