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It was a star-studded evening at the Fox Theatre, honoring the "Rock n’ Roll President," known for his love of music and a keen ability to bring people together. Jimmy Carter 100: A Celebration in Song featured performances from Chuck Leavell and Duane Betts, the B-52s, India.Arie, Grouplove, and more.

Leaping from Diving Rock has been something of a rite of passage for generations of Georgians, including Jimmy Carter, who jumped while serving as governor in 1972. Mother Nature may have obliged in building an organic diving board, but the reality is that, being a natural feature, Diving Rock was not designed with safety in mind.

Jimmy Carter’s love of music is one of his most notable traits—from floating his presidential run over scotch with Gregg Allman to being close with Bob Dylan, he’s more than earned his moniker of the “Rock & Roll President.” So, when it came time to celebrate the former President’s 100th birthday, a tribute concert seemed only fitting.

The former U.S. and Georgia First Lady died Sunday at age 96 in Plains, just a few days after entering home hospice care. Shortly after her death was announced on Sunday, tributes to Carter poured in from across the globe.

Last week, five people were arrested for chaining themselves to construction equipment as part of protests against the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, dubbed "Cop City" by critics. It’s a long tradition in environmental activism: for many decades, protesters have been lashing themselves to equipment to stop construction projects—including right here in Atlanta. Back in the 1980s, decades before "Stop Cop City," there was "Stop the Road," when thousands of Atlantans came together to block the Presidential Parkway. Leading the fight were the Roadbusters, a ragtag group of activists whose protest stunts, like climbing trees and chaining themselves to construction equipment, made headlines across the city.

"One day, when we were all in our early 30s, Martin Luther King Jr. said to our little ragtag bunch, 'Everybody here has got to be clinically insane to think that with no money, no political power, no army, no nothing, we are going to redeem the soul of America.' And then, he said, 'We’ll be lucky to make it to 40. But if we make it past 40, we’re going to have to make it to 100 because this is not an easy job. It’ll take more than our lifetimes to get it right.' Well, I think that planted it in my mind, especially after he was killed, that I had to make it to 100."

If there’s one trait that seems to run through the life stories of the men who have occupied the nation’s highest elected office, it’s motion.

After Monday's Crossover Day, 12 different bills remain alive in the House and Senate and could make a variety of drastic changes to Georgia's elections laws, including doing away with no-excuse absentee voting, requiring absentee voter ID, restricting the locations of ballot drop boxes, and limiting the hours for early voting. Republicans in support of the bills say the changes are needed to protect the integrity of elections; Democrats say the bills are clearly voter suppression tactics.

From soccer to women in the workplace, a glimpse into 1970s Atlanta