Monday, February 4, 2013
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Ala., city bus.
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference and its leadership, along with a myriad of other premier Civil Rights organizations and leaders will be present to pay tribute to the legendary Ms. Rosa Parks. “Mrs. Parks was not just known for sitting down on that Montgomery bus. She was also known for working with children. She had the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute in Atlanta, where over 500 young people have been touched by Mrs. Parks through participating in the program,” says Brenda Davenport, Founder and Coordinator of the Rosa Parks Centennial Tribute Committee. The 100th birthday celebration of Civil Rights leader Ms. Rosa Parks will take place on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, 1:00pm, at the King Center (449 Auburn Ave., Atlanta 30303). “All…
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Burgess-Peterson's littlest gardeners pay tribute to an agricultural great.
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
All through February, students at different schools within the Atlanta Public Schools district, honored African Americans who've left their mark on the country for Black History Month. At Burgess-Peterson Academy in East Atlanta, students, who work in their own school garden, took their gardening lessons one step further with a skit about Benjamin Banneker, anagriculturalist, scientist and inventor.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Several events are being planned in special recognition of Alonzo Franklin Herndon.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Clark Atlanta University actors are participating in two special events marking Black History Month in Atlanta at the Herndon Home Museum. On Feb. 16 and Feb. 23, Clark Atlanta University players will be conducting tours and performances of the Herndon family story. Also, on Feb. 25, the Herndon Home will feature live actors from the Americolor Opera Alliance. Alonzo Franklin Herndon, a former slave born in 1858, learned barbering and eventually opened his own shop in Atlanta called the Crystal Palace, which served Atlanta’s white elite exclusively. Through hard work and investments in Atlanta property, Herndon became the richest black man in America. In 1905, he founded the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, one of the largest black-owned …
