Inside the Fascinating History of $3,500 Georgia Home Where Martin Luther King Jr. Was Born—and What's Become of It
King was born to Alberta Williams and Martin Luther King Sr. in Atlanta, in a modest two-story Queen Anne Victorian home that ...
Living American history: The legacy of Stagville Plantation
Stagville stands as a testament to one of America’s largest antebellum plantations, where the Bennehan and Cameron families ...
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Jimmy Carter heads back to his final resting place in Georgia
WASHINGTON — Jimmy Carter was celebrated ... Carter regularly taught Sunday school in his native hamlet of Plains, Georgia, after leaving the White House. “He eliminated diseases in forgotten ...
Meredith Stone to talk preserving 'safe haven' for Savannah's Black families in HSF lecture
Meredith Stone has been working to restore her ancestral home, which she will discuss during the Historic Savannah Foundation ...
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Congress brimmed with enslavers, some serving in the 20th century
From the founding of the United States until long after the Civil War, hundreds of the elected leaders writing the nation’s laws were current or former slaveowners.
Christian Science Monitor10d
Darien, Georgia, loves its history. How this small town sees inauguration.
Two-thirds of voters in Darien, Georgia, voted for Donald Trump. The town also elected its first Black sheriff, a Democrat.
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Jimmy Carter honored at Washington service before burial in his Georgia hometown
After the morning service in Washington, Carter’s remains, his four children and extended family left on a return trip to Georgia on a Boeing 747 that serves as Air Force One when the sitting ...
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Jimmy Carter lauded for humility and service in Washington before being laid to rest in Georgia
The dual ceremonies in Washington and Plains, Georgia, provided a moment of national comity in a notably partisan era and offered a striking portrait of a president who was once judged a political ...