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The Author’s Corner with Thomas Aiello

Rachel Petroziello   |  February 15, 2023

Thomas Aiello is Professor of History, Africana Studies, and Anthrozoology at Valdosta State University. This interview is based on his new book, Practical Radicalism and the Great Migration: The Cultural Geography of the Scott Newspaper Syndicate (University of Georgia Press,...

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William Tecumseh Sherman: emancipator of the enslaved

John Fea   |  November 1, 2022

Here is historian Bennett Parten at Zocalo Public Square: Americans get Sherman’s March all wrong. Ask anyone who’s seen Gone with the Wind, and they’ll tell you that U.S. General William T. Sherman’s roughly 250-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah marked...

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Charles Stanley steps down at First Baptist of Atlanta

John Fea   |  September 14, 2020

After 51 years in the pulpit of First Baptist Church of Atlanta, Charles Stanley has stepped down. Here is Atlanta Constitution-Journal: On Sunday, the 87-year-old Stanley announced to the congregation that he was stepping down and turning the reins over...

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Stone Mountain: Monument to white supremacy

John Fea   |  July 9, 2020

Rebecca Onion writes at Slate: “The Confederate memorial carving at Georgia’s Stone Mountain is etched with more than a century of racist history. But tearing it down won’t be easy.” Here is a taste of her piece, “Hatred Set in Stone“:...

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Evangelicals Gather at Ebenezer Baptist Church to Address Racism and Promote Racial Reconciliation

John Fea   |  August 2, 2019

Evangelicals will gather in Atlanta this weekend to commemorate 400 years since “20 And odd Negroes” landed on Virginia shores and introduced African slavery to British North-America.  The event is sponsored by One Race, an organization that “exists to displace...

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Returning to the Roots of the Civil Rights Tour: Day 2

John Fea   |  June 12, 2017

Read previous posts in this series here. The Returning to the Roots of the Civil Rights Tour rolled into Atlanta yesterday.  We made three major stops. First, we visited the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Non-Violent Social Change on...

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