There's an effort underway to memorialize the mostly Black men who died while forced to work on "chain gangs" in Northwest Atlanta during the Jim Crow era.

ATLANTA — For nearly a century, civil rights activist Xernona Clayton has dedicated her life to serving her community. Clayton, 95, helped the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. plan marches. She was ...

Amelia Boynton Robinson, born in Savannah, Ga. is a civil rights icon who impacted the lives of people across the nation.

She was attacked by mounted police officers on "Bloody Sunday" in Selma. Her efforts, along with "Bloody Sunday," were significant in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

A new exhibit at the Lawrenceville Arts Center is celebrating the life and legacy of Ambassador Andrew Young, one of America’s most influential civil rights leaders and public servants.

Atlanta Public Schools was calling. He was to be the first Black superintendent hired by a major Southern school system, as part of a court-ordered desegregation plan. He would be tasked with hiring a ...