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Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), was the most prominent African American leader in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

Early Life and Education, 1929-1955

Family, church, and education were the central forces shaping King's early life. Michael Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta on January 15, 1929, to Alberta Williams and Michael Luther King Sr. In 1934, after visiting Europe, Michael King Sr. changed his and h...

Film Industry in Georgia

Georgia has been the location for hundreds of feature films, commercials, and music videos, along with television movies, series, and specials. The state's diverse geog...

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Bandits & Heroes, Poets & Saints

The Robert W. Woodruff Library at the Atlanta University Center hosts the traveling exhibition Bandits & Heroes, Poets & Saints: Popular Art from the Northeast of Brazil...

Georgia General Assembly

A form of representative government has existed in Georgia since January 1751. Its modern embodiment, known as the Georgia General Assembly, is one of the largest state legislatures in the nation. The General Assembly consists of two chambers, th...

Atlanta Hawks

The Hawks, a National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise and part of the Eastern Conference's Southeast Division, have called Atlanta home since 1968. Playing at Philips Arena in t...