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By Dana Richie The diverse and celebrated Buford Highway corridor north of Atlanta—including the cities of Brookhaven, Doraville, and Chamblee—is home to many multiethnic immigrant communities [...]
By Dana Richie The Thiokol Memorial Museum is dedicated to preserving and sharing the stories of the Thiokol plant explosion: honoring and learning from the first responders, 570 survivors, and [...]
By Dana Richie Chattahoochee Valley Libraries has a creative approach to combating low literacy rates. Through their Guys Read program, a six-week book club for fourth-grade boys led by volunteer [...]
Since the news broke that Jimmy Carter has entered hospice care, people across the state have been sharing stories about Georgia’s homegrown hero and favorite son. We’ve been mining author […]
By Dana Richie The Columbus Museum embraces the charge that educational opportunities should be available to people of all ages. They frequently host events such as school field trips and […]
By Dana Richie The diverse and celebrated Buford Highway corridor north of Atlanta—including the cities of Brookhaven, Doraville, and Chamblee—is home to many multiethnic immigrant communities [...]
By Dana Richie The Thiokol Memorial Museum is dedicated to preserving and sharing the stories of the Thiokol plant explosion: honoring and learning from the first responders, 570 survivors, and [...]
By Dana Richie Chattahoochee Valley Libraries has a creative approach to combating low literacy rates. Through their Guys Read program, a six-week book club for fourth-grade boys led by volunteer [...]
Since the news broke that Jimmy Carter has entered hospice care, people across the state have been sharing stories about Georgia’s homegrown hero and favorite son. We’ve been mining author […]
The “forever” of Flannery O’Connor — the lasting influence of a Southern Gothic writer
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The AJC–Decatur Book Festival celebrates journalists, novelists, visionaries, and hip hop artists—reflecting a changing Atlanta
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Radical southern women: Eliza Frances Andrews and Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin
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Toni Morrison and Georgia By Pearl McHaney In the spring of 2015, literary and major media outlets eagerly discussed novelist Toni Morrison and her new book, God Help the Child, [...]
Since 1844 Sacred Harp singers have defined, nurtured, and passed along their art and beliefs. Free of denominational ties, this form of shape-note singing represents a religious expression outside the limits of any church's doctrine and discipline. Courtesy of Georgia Council for the Arts
Singing Sacred Harp
Generations sing together at the Georgia Sacred Harp Convention in 1989. Courtesy of Georgia Council for the Arts
Crazy Quilt
Edna Minchew of Irwin County, Georgia, inherited this "crazy quilt" made by her mother, Drusilla McDermitt, in the 1920s. Courtesy of Georgia Council for the Arts
Hmong Musical Instrument
A member of the Moua family plays the "qeej" at the Hmong festival in Decatur, Georgia, in 1988. Courtesy of Georgia Council for the Arts
Weaving a Fishing Net
Hicks Walker, 86, of Sapelo Island, weaves a fishing net. The Walker family can trace its ancestry to West African slaves who labored on the Spalding plantation on Sapelo. Courtesy of Georgia Council for the Arts
Mexican Guitar Player
Mexican native Erasto Espinosa gave up a career as a dancer and musician to move to Georgia. He found work at a Gainesville sewing machine factory and played music only occasionally at weddings, at parties, and with friends. He told folklorist Martha Nelson, in a 1993 interview, that one day he’d like to own his own performing arts company. Courtesy of Georgia Council for the Arts
Net Maker
Using photography and field recordings, folklorist Annie Archbold In 1989 documented the work at Fulton and Donna Love’s Ogeechee Net Shop in Savannah. Here, an unidentified man works at the shop. Courtesy of Georgia Council for the Arts
Corn Shuck Broom
Like many traditional artists, Johnnie Ree Jackson of Box Springs, in Marion County, Georgia, relies on the natural world for materials. Using pine straw and corn shucks, she crafts vases, rugs, hats, mops, and brooms. Courtesy of Georgia Council for the Arts
Marching Band
Celebrating African American heritage, the West End Festival was held annually in the historic Atlanta neighborhood (West End) that is home to the historically black colleges and universities Spelman, Morehouse, and Clark Atlanta. A parade with marching bands was a notable feature. Courtesy of Georgia Council for the Arts