Former Atlanta mayor and civil rights leader Andrew Young has been discharged after being hospitalized Friday in what his family described as a precaution. The specific reason for the hospital stay was not detailed, but a family statement said Sunday that ...

ATLANTA — On Friday, friends and family of the youngest of the 13 original Freedom Riders gathered at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church to honor his life and work. Charles Person died earlier this month at the age of 82 at his home in Fayette County.

According to a memo, DOJ attorneys cannot file new complaints, briefs or certain court papers “until further notice.”

MARTIN: So civil rights leader Lonnie C. King enlisted the help of his childhood friend, Martin Luther King Jr. KING: I planned to put the movement ... were going on in Atlanta 'cause Atlanta ...

ATLANTA — Former Atlanta mayor and civil rights leader Andrew Young has been hospitalized, according to his family. The reason why Young was taken to the hospital remains unclear, but his family ...

Charles Person, the youngest original member of the Freedom Riders, passed away at 82 in Fayetteville. At 18, Person joined the Freedom Riders, facing violence to challenge racial segregation in the Deep South. In 2021, Person co-founded the Freedom Riders Training Academy to promote nonviolent protest and constitutional rights.

MLK’s legacy lives on in Atlanta where the city hosted “A day on” of services and parades to honor MLK including projects to feed the homeless.

More than 50 years after he died at age 39 from an assassin’s bullet, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. endures as one of the most influential and recognizable figures in American history. His rise from the pulpit of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta to his groundbreaking work as a founder and leader

In the 1960 presidential election, little focus was given to unrest in the South. So Atlanta activist Lonnie C. King came up with a plan, turning to his childhood friend MLK Jr. for support.

Atlanta, United States - The tomb of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., distinguished leader of the civil rights movement in the United States, and his wife Coretta Scott King, recognized activist for equality,

When he and other Black protesters were arrested at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961, they tried a new strategy — ‘Jail No Bail’ — and energized a movement.

Georgia seeks another Supreme Court showdown over the Voting Rights Act, questioning its use to prove minority votes have been illegally diluted.