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News Articles: Black history

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state rejected the African American studies course because education "is about the pursuit of truth, not the imposition of ideology or the advancement of a political agenda."

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Critics say Florida aims to rewrite history by rejecting African American studies

"One Governor should not have the power to dictate the facts of U.S. history," Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said of GOP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' move to ban the Advanced Placement course.

January 27, 2023
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  • Giulia Heyward
Under Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, pictured, the state is enacting a handful of controversial education measures that are attracting national attention.

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High schoolers threaten to sue DeSantis over ban of African American studies course

Attorney Ben Crump announced a potential lawsuit against the Florida governor after the state rejected a new Advanced Placement course, which the College Board now says it will revise.

January 25, 2023
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  • Giulia Heyward

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Georgia Today: Judge accused of misconduct, UGA helping farmers, good news about sea turtles

On the Friday Dec. 30 edition of Georgia Today: Georgia judge accused of misconduct faces state judicial discipline panel, UGA researchers are helping farmers, good news about sea turtle populations

December 30, 2022
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jeremy Powell
A microscopic image of HeLa cells, the "immortal cells" from Henrietta Lacks that grew indefinitely rather than reproducing just a few times.

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  • Race

Henrietta Lacks' hometown will build statue of her to replace Robert E. Lee monument

A statue of the woman, whose cells were taken without her consent and became integral in several major medical breakthroughs, will be built in Roanoke, Va.

December 22, 2022
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  • Giulia Heyward
Savannah is the most historic city in Georgia established in 1733.

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  • News

Georgia Today: Murder charges for Georgia mother, Savannah rewriting racist past, holiday traveling

On the Friday Dec. 16 edition of Georgia Today: Murder charges for the mother of the toddler found in a landfill, one of Savannah’s iconic town squares may be taking a big step to rewrite its racist past, and 5.2 million people will travel through ATL this holiday season.

December 16, 2022
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jeremy Powell
Rozz Rouse, who co-chairs the Coalition to Name Taylor Square, poses at the Savannah square formerly named Calhoun Square. She is dressed as Susie King Taylor, a nurse who served with the Union during the Civil War.

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  • History

Will she be the 1st nonwhite or female namesake of a Savannah square? Learn about Susie King Taylor

The Georgia-born nurse, educator, veteran and author was “born into slavery, but never enslaved in her mind.”

December 16, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
The Google Doodle on Dec. 1 honors Jerry Lawson on what would have been his 82nd birthday. The engineer and entrepreneur created the technology that paved the way for modern gaming.

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  • Technology

Today's interactive Google Doodle honors Jerry Lawson, a pioneer of modern gaming

Jerry Lawson would have turned 82 on Dec. 1. Google is celebrating the late engineer with a Doodle on its homepage, made up of several interactive games that users can customize themselves.

December 01, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Cover of Running While Black byAlison Mariella Desir.

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  • Health

'Running While Black' tells a new story about who belongs in the sport

In a new book, writer Alison Mariella Désir shares her journey into long distance running, reveals the hidden contributions of Black runners and calls for the sport to become more inclusive.

November 16, 2022
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By:
  • Beandrea July
Dr. Nancy Caroline with paramedic Walt Brown in 1975

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  • Health

How a team of Black paramedics set the gold standard for emergency medical response

In American Sirens, writer Kevin Hazzard recounts how a group of Black paramedics in Pittsburgh in the 1970s pioneered and professionalized the modern day ambulance service.

November 05, 2022
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  • Akilah Wise
Reverend Julius Ceasar Hope mural after completion. Credit: Jeffery m. Glover/ The Current GA

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  • Arts & Life

Trio of new murals spotlight change in Brunswick

On Saturday, Sept. 24, Brunswick celebrated the completion of three new public murals bringing awareness of local Black history and sociopolitical struggles. 

September 29, 2022
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  • The Current
The Washington W. King/College Avenue Bridge in Stone Mountain Park

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Historic bridge built by African American rededicated at Stone Mountain

Stone Mountain Park, originally created as a Confederate memorial, now features a historic covered bridge named in honor of the 19th-century Black man who built it.

September 20, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Douglas City Commissioner Olivia Coley-Pearson (center) holds a voting rights demonstration in Coffee County, Ga.

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  • News

The fight against an age-old effort to block Americans from voting

A third of Olivia Coley-Pearson's neighbors in Coffee County struggle to read at a basic level, and she wants to make sure they have help navigating their ballots. It's an effort that runs counter to other efforts to block help at the voting booth for people who struggle to read — a group that amounts to about 48 million Americans, or more than a fifth of the adult population.

September 13, 2022
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  • Aliyya Swaby and
  • Annie Waldman
"This Old House" host Kevin O'Connor records the home improvement show in Atlanta on Aug. 10, 2022. An Atlanta couple is restoring the Victorian home of civil rights activist Luther Judson Price.

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  • News

This Old House: Restoration honors Black Atlanta postmaster

A five-bedroom Victorian house south of Georgia's capitol was in severe disrepair until an Atlanta couple saw its potential. Then they learned it was built around 1900 by South Atlanta postmaster and civil rights activist Luther Judson Price.

September 07, 2022
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  • Associated Press
The original Atlanta State Savings Bank building in 2022

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  • News

229 Auburn Ave: A piece of Atlanta’s history

Located at the corner of Jesse Hill Jr. Drive and Auburn Avenue, in the heart of the Sweet Auburn District, once known as the richest stretch of Black real estate in America, the three-story Atlanta State Savings Bank building still stands. But it has been boarded up for decades. Some want to preserve the historic building.

August 26, 2022
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  • Donnell Suggs
Georgia State Rep. Edna Jackson, Evalena Hoskins, and Mary Gray pose next to a new historical marker on Tybee Island commemorating the Savannah Beach Wade-Ins of the early 1960s.

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  • History

From ‘whites only’ to Georgia's largest public beach: New marker honors ‘Wade-Ins’ on Tybee Island

The Savannah Beach Wade-Ins of the early '60s are now memorialized near the Tybee Island pier.

August 22, 2022
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  • Benjamin Payne
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