Photograph courtesy of the Library of Congress As a member of the first integrated elementary school class in his hometown of Leland, Mississippi, forty-two years ago, Douglas Blackmon had a ... Read more

The Georgian Terrace Hotel was completed in 1911 at a cost of $500,000. Early guests included Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tallulah Bankhead, Charles Lindbergh, and President Calvin ... Read more

When new york’s Metropolitan Opera traveled to Atlanta a little more than a century ago, white society buzzed with excitement—and black Atlantans were denied tickets. To prove that African Americans ... Read more

As Morehouse College’s archivist, Skip Mason often sees value in artifacts that others overlook. With an undergraduate degree from Morris Brown, a master’s degree from Clark Atlanta, and certification from ... Read more