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John Lewis talks on the telephone from his Atlanta hotel room Tuesday night, Sept. 2, 1986 prior to claiming victory by defeating Julian Bond in a runoff election for the fifth Congressional District seat in Georgia.

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Atlanta Will Get A New Area Code In 2023. Can It Live Up To 404's Musical History?

Welcome to the 943. That’s a new area code that will soon join the famous 404 used in Metro Atlanta that has been shouted out in pop and hip-hop music as a way of showing hometown pride. But will 943 live up to 404's legacy in Atlanta music? 

November 12, 2020
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  • Leah Fleming
Felicita Pineda in April.

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  • Arts & Life

Felicita Pineda Encourages Fearlessness In New Music

2020 has been a year of hardship and struggle, but music serves as a silver lining amid the chaos, and Atlanta musician Felicita Pineda continued to find creative inspiration.

November 03, 2020
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  • Leah Fleming
For several Black families, funeral programs are more than brochures passed around during a funeral service — they serve as a genealogical piece of ancestry and heritage.

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Digitized Funeral Programs Document Black History

A new digitized archive of African American funeral programs in Georgia traces programs from Atlanta, Augusta, Henry County and Thomas County. The programs contain clues that help reveal who a person was and how they lived.

October 29, 2020
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  • Leah Fleming and
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes
Atlanta musician Baby Rose

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  • Music

Atlanta Soul Singer Baby Rose Celebrates Deluxe Album 'To Myself'

Atlanta singer-songwriter Baby Rose has a soulful, smoky voice that has captured the music world. Her voice has been compared to the likes of Nina Simone, Billie Holiday and Amy Winehouse. She joined Morning Edition host Leah Fleming to talk about the release of the deluxe version of her album, 'To Myself.'

September 25, 2020
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  • Emilia Brock ,
  • Jesse Nighswonger ,
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New GPB Podcast Looks At How Voting Should Work

GPB political reporter Stephen Fowler talks with Morning Edition host Leah Fleming about his new podcast called “Battleground: Ballot Box," which explores how your vote is counted.

September 22, 2020
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