Unlike most cities, especially in the south, Atlanta has consistently been run by Black politicians since 1974, and there’s a ...
The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 catalyzed a transformation in Atlanta’s political landscape. Five years ...
In late March 1967, Martin Luther King ... to Atlanta for a hilarious charity boxing match against another Morehouse Man from the class of 1956 and Atlanta’s first Black mayor, Maynard Jackson.