The patriarch was a known early leader in the Civil Rights Movement, later becoming the 55th Mayor of Atlanta. While his ...

Georgia has the nation’s highest per capita incarceration rate, and lawmakers are considering even stronger penalties.

Former Atlanta mayor and civil rights icon Andrew Young continued to celebrate his 93rd birthday at Monday Night Garage on ...

Prominent Atlanta attorney Ed Buckley, whose advocacy for discriminated-against Georgia employees led to landmark civil rights protections nationwide, has died after a battle with cancer. Buckley, 68, ...

Johnson now loves in Atlanta. He grew up in Albany, Georgia and got involved in the civil rights movement as a young man. In addition to his landmark pool protest, he fought for school integration.

For an in-depth look at the American civil rights movement and ongoing human rights ... The National Center for Civil and Human Rights is in Atlanta's downtown area. It sits between the World ...

The National Center of Civil and Human Rights has announced a new partnership and substantial pledge amount from one of ...

This is the second year Emory students have participated in the tour organized by the A. D. King Foundation, a non-profit ...

The patriarch was an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement and later became the 55th Mayor of Atlanta. While his daughter did not launch her own political career, she dedicated her work to ...