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Dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial mural
 Posted 1/18/2010 1:52:00 PM
Although the pouring rain had stopped, the sky still spat occasional cold drops. While hardly the ideal weather conditions for an outdoor ceremony, the gray chill ultimately proved to be perfect backdrop for yesterday’s event: dedication of a new mural at the Martin Luther King Jr. historic site. Artist Louis Delsarte is known for his vibrant palette, and his 125-foot mural seemed to glow against the steely January sky.
The events were running behind schedule. Some in the crowd (remarkably large given the weather and the myriad other events on this busy Sunday during King week celebrations) huddled near the few space heaters or wandered into the visitors’ center operated by the National Parks Service. Many took advantage of the delay to walk the considerable length of the mural, which serves as a timeline of King’s life from childhood on Auburn Avenue to assassination in Memphis. The painting has ...
The heroism of Lucy Hall-Gainer
Posted 1/12/2010 9:56:00 PM
As King celebrations roar into high gear this week, expect to hear the word “dream” almost more than you can stand. Translating talk about dreaming into concrete reality is a different matter altogether. So it’s refreshing—no, make that inspiring—to run across someone who’s done just that.
Lucy Hall-Gainer will be honored at the annual King Center Salute to Greatness dinner this Saturday for her work as founder and CEO of Mary Hall Freedom House, named for her mother, who died of alcoholism when Hall-Gainer was just six. Mary Hall Freedom House (MHFH) was conceived of as program that helps mothers fight addiction.
I first met Hall-Gainer seven years ago when she was honored in Atlanta magazine’s “Women Making a Mark” issue (April 2003). Today we chatted by phone while she coped with pipes frozen during the recent freak cold snap, and prepared for the gala weekend ahead (“It’s overwhelming, humbling, ...
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Is it paradoxical to blog about history? Maybe. But that's the broadly conceived mission of Terminus 2.0. In a city that would rather bulldoze than preserve, the occasional backward glance helps put it all into context. What's with the name? Terminus is one of Atlanta's previous monikers, bestowed in the 1800s upon the little railroad hub that evolved into metro Atlanta.
Rebecca Burns was editor in chief of Atlanta magazine from 2002 to early 2009. She now serves as the magazine’s interactive director. She’s worked as a writer and editor in Atlanta for more than twenty years and is the author of Rage in the Gate City: The Story of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot. Her next book, about the 1968 Atlanta funeral for Martin Luther King Jr., will be published by Scribner in late 2010. Many years ago she wrote a serial fiction column called Marthasville, so dubbed in honor of another of Atlanta's former names. You can read more about her at rebecca-burns.com.
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Your Archival Tourguide
John Lewis source material
The Civil Rights Digital Library
Curious about the trove of historic arcana that abounds in Atlanta—but don’t have time to sift through dusty stacks of paper or click through myriad digital menus? Here's a zippy tour through the area’s libraries, archives, and other research resources.
Click on any of the thumbnail images above to go to the profiled archive. Or click here to see past installments of Archival Tourguide.
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