On view through May 17, “Rejoice, Resist, and Rest” brings together archival photographs from the renowned Johnson Publishing Company collection, contemporary art pieces, texts, and zines created by students in the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective and the Spelman Photography Program.
Gov. Brian Kemp, first lady Marty Kemp, and their daughter Amy Porter Kemp lit the Georgia Capitol's Christmas tree Monday, kicking off the holiday season at the capitol.
Atlanta's Spelman College announced a $38 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, making it her second investment to the college in the past five years.
The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will perform a free concert at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 11, alongside the glee clubs of Morehouse and Spelman Colleges.
The graduation ceremony at Morehouse College is not just a milestone for its students, it is a celebration of their transformation from "men of Morehouse" to "Morehouse Men." But this year's ceremony is marked by a unique controversy surrounding the choice of commencement speaker: President Joe Biden.
Two colleges in Georgia were named among a list of the "Prettiest College Campuses in America": Berry College in Rome, Ga., and Atlanta's Spelman College.
A greater Atlanta program called Women Behind the Wheel offers 14 hours of free drivers' education to mostly refugee and immigrant women. Many of the women who enroll come from countries that discourage women from driving or working outside their home.
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.
Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died. Her niece, Bernice King, tweeted that her aunt died Thursday. She was 95.
Spelman College formally inaugurated Dr. Helene D. Gayle as its 11th president during a ceremony on April 28 at the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel.
Roslyn Pope has died aged 84. She was a 21-year-old senior at Spelman College when she wrote "An Appeal for Human Rights," laying out the reasons for the Atlanta Student Movement in 1960.
On bodycam footage, officers are shown confronting two young Black adults, Taniyah Pilgrim and Messiah Young, after the pair were out past curfew following protests over George Floyd's death.
