Tag: John Wesley Dobbs
Long live the Atlanta University Center
The Atlanta University Center has shaped generations of leaders—for the nation and for their home city. Atlanta would be nothing like it is today without it.
A tour of unsung places in Atlanta’s civil rights past
Civil Bikes owner Nedra Deadwyler, who leads tours on local history and preservation, highlights some unsung places in Atlanta’s civil rights past.
At South-View Cemetery, Winifred Watts Hemphill is keeper of black Atlanta’s departed history
Winifred Watts Hemphill's great-grandfather cofounded South-View Cemetery in 1886 to give black Atlantans a dignified final resting place. Today, her mission is to help ensure those buried there, including civil rights leaders, athletes, and artists, are not forgotten.
Flashback: Atlanta City Hall, 1974, when Maynard Jackson was the city’s first black mayor
He may have been born in Dallas, but Maynard Jackson was an Atlantan through and through.
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