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Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, often referred to as the SCLC, was one of the most significant participants in the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. The organization is still active on issues of social justice. Although it has been active and influential in other southern states, this national organization has always been based in Atlanta, and Georgia has been the home of many of its founders and leaders.

Origins

The SCLC had its origins in several mid-twentieth-century phenomena. Black veterans returning from service in World War II (1941-45) were no long...

Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum

Located in Pooler, just minutes from downtown Savannah on Interstate 95, the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum is a nati...

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Atlanta Jewish Film Festival

Founded in the year 2000, the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival is the largest single film festival in...

Modern and Postmodern Architecture: Overview

Architecture in Georgia during the last four decades of the twentieth century evidenced a continuing interest in traditional forms for much residential architecture, while the state's architects built modern workplaces in the latest contemporary s...

Cornelia Bailey (1945-2017)

As a member of the last generation of African Americans born and educated on Sapelo Island, Cornelia Bailey became one of Georgia's most vocal defenders of her homeland and its African Am...