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News Articles: Civil Rights Movement

Caption: Andrew Young (right, standing) leads a prayer with Amelia Boynton, the Rev. Hosea Williams, John Lewis, and Bob Mants before the first march to Montgomery on March 7, 1965.  Credit: Spider Martin/Briscoe Center for American History

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At 93, Andrew Young reflects on legacy, faith and America’s future. He has no plans of slowing down

Civil rights icon Andrew Young reflects on his 93rd birthday, his lifelong pursuit of justice, and his unwavering faith in America’s future.

March 12, 2025
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  • Pamela Kirkland
Rev. Ralph Abernathy, James Forman, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rev. Jesse Douglas lead the voting rights march to the Montgomery County Courthouse.

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Newly restored photos show the ruin of 'Bloody Sunday' in Selma on its 60th anniversary

James "Spider" Martin was assigned to photograph the protests in Alabama after civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson was killed by state troopers.

March 08, 2025
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  • Ayana Archie
Charles Person, a pivotal figure in the Civil Rights Movement and the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, passed away peacefully at his home in Fayetteville, Georgia, at the age of 82. (Kerri Phox/The Atlanta Voice)

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Charles Person, youngest Freedom Rider, passes away. Legacy lives on through Freedom Riders Training Academy

We honor the life and legacy of Mr. Charles Person, who passed away on January 8. As the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, he played a pivotal role in challenging segregation and advancing civil rights.

January 10, 2025
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  • The Atlanta Voice
The new John Lewis bus design features new and old pictures of the civil rights leaders and several iconic quotes.

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Special Atlanta bus design honors civil rights icon John Lewis

MARTA continues its yearlong celebration of Atlanta civil rights leaders in their latest bus design.

September 16, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
Joan Browning and Charles Person chat at Emory University in Atlanta, Fridy, July 26, 2024. They were Freedom Riders. activists who rode buses into the Deep South in 1961, aiming to desegregate interstate transportation. Browning and Person are donating their archives to the university's Rose Library.

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Civil Rights Movement Freedom Riders urge younger activists to get out the vote

During the Civil Rights Movement, young people put their bodies on the line as Freedom Riders, boarding buses to protest segregation. One of those riders spoke to young leaders in Atlanta as Democrats adjust to the entry of Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential race.

July 31, 2024
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COMIC: The roadside marker unlocking a forgotten civil rights murder

In 1963, William Lewis Moore was murdered in Alabama while on a civil rights protest walk. Silence around the murder bothered one man for years, until he campaigned to put up a marker about it.

April 24, 2024
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  • Connie Hanzhang Jin and
  • Laura Sullivan
President Barack Obama awards the 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Cordy Tindell 'C.T.' Vivian, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Nov. 20, 2013.. A lifelong lover of books, Vivian was a civil rights leader, minister and author who died in Atlanta in 2020 at age 95.

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LISTEN: Atlanta foundation preserves civil rights history — and C.T. Vivian's legacy — via literacy

C.T. Vivian had a special relationship with books and literature. His daughter-in-law told GPB his family hopes his love of reading and writing continues to be part of preserving his legacy.

April 15, 2024
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  • Pamela Kirkland
Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama alongside Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel.

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Fractures in the Grand Alliance between Black and Jewish Americans

The Grand Alliance between Black and Jewish leaders, known largely for shared work on Civil Rights in the 1960s, has a complicated legacy--and an uncertain future between these communities.

March 28, 2024
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  • Devan Schwartz
Xernona Clayton participates in 'Sweet Auburn Stories' on Feb. 28, 2024 at the Carter Center in Atlanta.

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WATCH: Civil rights icon Xernona Clayton shares life, work, MLK friendship in 'Sweet Auburn Stories'

At an event hosted by the Carter Center and Dutch Consulate of Atlanta on Feb. 28, 2024, Sweet Auburn Stories producer Royce Bable sat down with Xernona Clayton, 93, for a wide-ranging interview about her Oklahoma childhood, a stint in Hollywood, her prominence in the American civil rights movement of the 1960s and her long media career. The storytelling series began in 2019 and focuses on Black pioneers. 

March 22, 2024
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Martin Luther King III, right, the son of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., walks with his daughter Yolanda, and Naomi King, left, the wife of Rev. King's brother, A.D., through an exhibition devoted to the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to King at the Martin Luther King Jr. Historical Site, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, in Atlanta. Civil rights activist Naomi Barber King died Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Atlanta, according to family members. She was 92.

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Civil rights activist Naomi Barber King, a sister-in-law to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., dies

Naomi Barber King, a civil rights activist who was married to the younger brother of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died at age 92. Family members say she died Thursday in Atlanta.

March 08, 2024
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Carolyn Hensley is the church historian at Saint James African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church of Columbus, Georgia. 02/16/2024 Mike Haskey mhaskey@ledger-enquirer.com

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Curious Columbus: How this 160-year-old church witnessed racism in Muscogee County

Standing on 6th Avenue, with its center spire and twin turrets reaching into the sky, St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church has seen much history. As the second oldest church of the denomination in Georgia, the history is woven into St. James’ architecture and the stories of past and current members.

February 26, 2024
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  • Brittany McGee
King speaks at a mass demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on May 17, 1957, as civil rights leaders called on the U.S. government to put more teeth into the Supreme Court's desegregation decisions.

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5 MLK speeches you should know. Spoiler: 'I Have a Dream' isn't on the list

Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech is well known, but there are several other key speeches that also resonate as historical signposts of the Civil Rights Movement.

February 07, 2024
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  • Scott Neuman
Andrew Young, former UN Ambassador, attends a ceremony honoring former President Jimmy Carter and Jimmy Carter Blvd. on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, in Norcross, Ga.

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France bestows further honor on former United Nations ambassador and Atlanta mayor Andrew Young

The government of France has bestowed a further honor on Atlanta's Andrew Young. French Ambassador Laurent Bili promoted Young to an officer in France's Legion of Honor on Thursday in Atlanta.

October 20, 2023
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Panelists (from left to right) Dr. Robert Woodrum, Deborah Scott, Eric Richardson, and Dr. Maurice Hobson speak at the opening of the Fighting for Freedom labor exhibit on  September 28, 2023.

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Georgia State exhibit explores connected histories of labor and civil rights movements in the South

A new exhibit, Fighting for Freedom, at Georgia State University in Atlanta explores the historic connection between labor unions and civil rights organizing in the South. 

October 03, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
Leslie Odom Jr., who won a Tony playing Aaron Burr in <em>Hamilton</em>, is now back on Broadway as Purlie.

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A Jim Crow satire returns to Broadway after 62 years — and it's a romp, not a relic

In 1961, actor and Civil Rights activist Ossie Davis wrote the blistering play Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch. Now, Leslie Odom Jr. stars in the revival.

September 27, 2023
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  • Jeff Lunden
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