After Brown ruling, these students and teachers changed Georgia’s schools
As Supreme Court decision turns 70, Black and white witnesses to history describe the front lines of desegregation and integration
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Adversity and redemption
Georgia children who lost parents to COVID-19 struggle with grief
While the rest of the country moves on, the grief and
turmoil have left them with wounds that may not heal without therapeutic intervention.
turmoil have left them with wounds that may not heal without therapeutic intervention.
Piecing Together an Education
It was March 9 of last year, and it would be another two days before the World Health Organization would declare the coronavirus a pandemic. I was driving to the headquarters of the Fulton County school system for an afternoon press conference. I remember dousing my hands with sanitizer after stopping at a gas station to fuel up and buy a snack, so the growing threat was certainly on my mind. The room was filled with an uncharacteristically large number of reporters for such an event.
Working mom earns a college degree with a little help from friends
Latonya Young will graduate with a bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University this month, despite COVID-19 and other obstacles that might have stopped other students.
One good deed leads to another: fortuitous encounter leads to several happy endings
A good deed came full circle after Ellen DeGeneres heard about the story in the AJC.
Single mom, 43, returns to college, with unexpected help from stranger
Some people graduate from high school, then go to college. Latonya Young was not fated to follow that path.
Shame & dignity: Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin embraces her father's rocky past
Her father's long journey back to dignity helped her overcome her own shame.
