Georgia Election Day: Let’s vote

  A special message from the Publisher: Tomorrow is Election Day in Georgia. For some reason, many registered voters do not participate in local elections with the same enthusiasm they have in a Presidential election. As a result, they must deal with elected officials who may lack compassion for their…

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Let’s meet Carrie Steele

Photo: csph.org Carrie Steele is the founder of The Carrie Steele–Pitts Home in Atlanta, Georgia. The organization is recognized as the oldest predominantly black orphanage in Georgia and possibly the oldest organization of its type in the country. Carrie Steele  was working as a maid at the Union Railroad Station in downtown Atlanta…

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Let’s meet Ida B. Wells

Who was Ida B. Wells? an anti-lynching crusader a woman’s rights activist a passionate crusader against racism journalist and teacher who spoke out on racial issues a civil rights pioneer and one of the founders of the NAACP Ida B. Wells-Barnett was born on July 16, 1862, in Holly Springs…

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