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A house stands in the Hogg Hummock community of Sapelo Island, Georgia. Its Gullah Geechee residents are descendants of enslaved West Africans brought to the barrier island to work plantations in the 1800s. (Justin Taylor for the AJC)
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Sapelo Island to stay ‘Geechee’: McIntosh Commission to bend on zoning law

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Morehouse grad to debut comedy pilot ‘FreeLance’ at Sundance Film Festival

Historians panic Mimosa Hall redevelopment fades Black history

Activists concerned Roswell’s project will disregard Black history

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Brick? New LeBron James XXIII sneakers inspired by site of MLK’s murder spark debate.

Clark Atlanta, Agnes Scott grads carry major debt
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Stop blaming borrowers for delinquent student loan debt

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Tanzy Ward releases third book on Black Victorian-era material culture

Saving lives one stroke at a time: How Swemschool is changing swim access in Atlanta

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At MLK celebration, Warnock channels King’s legacy to decry ICE raids

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Atlantans, visitors remember legacy of MLK by visiting historic sites

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Nobel Prize dinner, 1965
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As hate rises, revive the Black-Jewish alliance in the spirit of MLK