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If you drive through the heart of Atlanta, you will inevitably see his name etched onto street signs that intersect with those of other civil rights titans like John Lewis. While he may not have been marching on the front lines, Ralph Emerson McGill was a vocal force who used the power of the press to show the significance of the Civil Rights Movement.
Roughly 50 miles east of Atlanta on Highway 78, near the Oconee County line, a simple roadside marker commemorates one of the most horrific racial crimes in American history.
At the second annual Ben Crump Human Rights Honors in Midtown Atlanta, the former mayor and current gubernatorial candidate framed Georgia's upcoming election as a continuation of the progress made in the civil rights movement.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, joined by attorney Liza Park and Je'vion Benham's mother, says the young man's death inside a Valdosta State Prison was "foreseeable and preventable."
As the nation reflects on the life and legacy of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, educators and students in Atlanta say his passing is also a moment to look forward.
The goal of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board is to bring justice and closure to families who lost loved ones in racially-motivated killings that have gone unsolved.
Former Mayor Andrew Young says Atlanta helped shape civil rights leader Jesse Jackson's leadership and legacy.
At Atlanta's historic "City Hall of Sweet Auburn," Sen. Jon Ossoff and Fulton County DA Fani Willis framed the moment as a crisis for democracy.
Atlanta's Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church survived the Civil War and became known as the City Hall of Sweet Auburn during the civil rights era.
Across Atlanta, there are places that helped shape Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s thinking and the civil rights movement, many of which are still standing today.
Atlanta protesters demand accountability after an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.
The U.S. Capitol has begun displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school.
Joe Beasley devoted his life to "confronting injustice and standing steadfast on the front lines of the struggle for human and civil rights," the Georgia NAACP wrote.
A federal judge in Georgia has declined to halt an execution scheduled for next week.
The Home Depot Foundation is sponsoring free entry as the Center unveils newly renovated galleries honoring the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The new expansion fulfills the vision of the Center's founders to establish a world-class museum and cultural institution while strengthening its role as a national leader in human rights education.
Furniture retailer Wayfair is opening its new store in metro Atlanta, and it won't be long before its doors open.
In 2010, Sandra Robinson was found stabbed to death in the Georgia phone store where she worked. Investigators say they've now made an arrest in the mother of four's murder.
More than 150 data centers now operate across metro Atlanta, but people who leave near the massive facilities say they're concerned about their quality of life and the impacts to nearby rivers.
A mental health-related call in Powders Springs ended with officers shooting a man who they say pulled out a handgun.
In Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's second news briefing since the start of the Iran war, Hegseth said the U.S. had sunk an enemy ship by a torpedo for the first time since World War II.