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New book ‘Civil Sights’ adds context to Sweet Auburn Historic District
Atlanta has a terrible record of tearing down some of its most significant and historic buildings – Terminal Station, ...
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Georgia’s Fierce Civil Rights Story Told Through 12 Historic Sites
Shutterstock Follow the Georgia Civil Rights Trail In the heart of the American South, historic markers and sites across ...
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Top 5 Influential African Americans in US History
There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...
From the Statesman archives: Railroad, freedom colonies changed Austin after Civil War
The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...
A US Congressman, his enslaved half-brothers and the history of an Austin log farmstead
Judge John Hancock kept his half-brothers in bondage until Juneteenth in 1865. He educated his own half-Black son who became ...