JPMorgan Chase & Co. and The King Center Announce The King Center Imaging Project, an Unprecedented Joint Digitization Initiative
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) and The King Center today announced The King Center Imaging Project, an unprecedented effort to digitize over one million documents from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other key figures from the Civil Rights movement. The King Center Imaging Project is a collaboration between JPMorgan Chase and The King Center to archive, preserve and share Dr. King’s works. JPMorgan Chase, through its Technology for Social Good program, has comm
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. and The King Center Announce The King Center Imaging Project, an Unprecedented Joint Digitization Initiative
Black Leaders in Atlanta want Rebel Flag Removed from Cemetery
A Confederate Flag Flies Over West View Cemetery where a late Civil Rights Group President was Recently Buried
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Black Leaders in Atlanta want Rebel Flag Removed from Cemetery
North Georgia Scouts in the Civil War
The headstone on the grave of Tom Polk Edmondson at Spring Place Cemetery says, “Killed in Battle, April 3, 1865.” Edmondson was one of two Civil War soldiers who were Murray County natives actually killed in the conflict inside the county.
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North Georgia Scouts in the Civil War
Post-slavery South chained to hard labor
In the years after the Civil War, a black man could get arrested in Atlanta simply for being outside after sunset or talking loud or looking at a white woman in the “wrong way.” Enlarge photo The former Chattahoochee Brick Co.
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Post-slavery South chained to hard labor
Atlanta shines as Civil Rights Game host
Atlanta shines as Civil Rights Game host
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Atlanta shines as Civil Rights Game host
Cradle of movement hosts MLB’s Civil Rights game
Major League Baseball is coming to the home of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to pay tribute to those whose life’s work embodies the spirit of the Civil Rights movement.
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Freedom Riders ride again
Charles Person, the youngest member of the original core group of 13 Freedom Riders who integrated interstate bus stations in the South during the civil rights movement, did not realize at the time that what he was doing was any more significant than sit-ins he took part in.
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Restored MLK church reopening in Atlanta
The voice of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. again filled the halls of Ebenezer Baptist Church and a pipe organ triumphantly announced the reopening of the sacred sanctuary regarded as the birthplace of the civil rights icon’s vision of justice, equality and a nonviolent society.
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Restored MLK church reopening in Atlanta
National Archives at Atlanta Presents Day-Long Civil War Program April 16, 2011
The National Archives at Atlanta will present The Civil War: America’s Long Struggle on April 16, 2011, at its Morrow, GA , facility, located at 5780 Jonesboro Road.
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National Archives at Atlanta Presents Day-Long Civil War Program April 16, 2011
DaVita Lauds Rep. John Lewis for Receiving Presidential Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DaVita Inc., the nation’s leading dialysis provider, today commended Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) for being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of his leadership during the civil rights movement in the 1960s. In addition, the company applauds Rep. Lewis’ continued leadership in fighting for American kidney patients’ equal rights to quality care. The Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor, is given to individuals who make a
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DaVita Lauds Rep. John Lewis for Receiving Presidential Medal of Freedom
