Tag: Hardy Ivy Park
At 95, civil rights leader Xernona Clayton reflects on her remarkable life
During a reflective conversation this week in the Trumpet Awards Foundation’s 10th floor conference room overlooking the downtown skyline, Clayton discussed key moments from her trailblazing life in Atlanta, from her unexpected friendship with Calvin Craig, the grand dragon of Georgia’s Ku Klux Klan at the height of the civil rights movement, to her groundbreaking WAGA-TV The Xernona Clayton Show and the powerful final gift she was able to give to her boss Dr. King in 1968 in the hours after his assassination.
3 tiny but treasured Atlanta parks
Esther Peachy Lefevre Park, Charlie Loudermilk Park, and Hardy Ivy Park are all less than an acre, respectively


