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Martin Luther King Jr. gave his memorable "I Have a Dream" speech at Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington by 250,000 supporters of civil rights. Keep up with all the news you care about by subscribing to our free email newsletter, liking us on Facebook and following us on Twitter.
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Former Atlanta University professor and civil rights leader W.E.B. Du Bois died at age 95 in Accra, Ghana. For years, Du Bois taught and wrote as a faculty member at Atlanta University, according to the Georgia Historical Society. He is probably best remembered for helping organize the Niagara Movement in 1905 and for co-founding the NAACP four years later, according to Georgia Info, The University of Georgia and the Georgia Historical Society. Later in life, Du Bois became bitter about the progress of civil rights in the United States, according to the Georgia Historical Society. In 1961, he moved to Ghana. Keep up with all the news you care about by subscribing to our free email newsletter, liking us on Facebook and following us on …
February is Black History Month. Take a look at its origin and events going on in Cobb.
by Master Sgt. Elena M. Lund, Dobbins Human Resource Development Council February is Black History Month. In order to understand the importance of it, it's imperative that one knows its origin. In the summer of 1915, a three week national celebration of the 50th anniversary of the emancipation was held at the Coliseum in Chicago. Thousands of African Americans journeyed from all over the country to view exhibits that showcased the advancement they had made since the abolishment of slavery. Among the individuals in attendance was Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a graduate of Harvard and the University of Chicago. He traveled from Washington D.C. to participate in the celebration, providing a display along with the other exhibitors. Approximately 12,…
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A wake will be held Thursday for Rev. Dwight Graves at Zion Baptist Church Chapel, followed by his funeral Friday.
Cobb County lost civil rights and spiritual leader Rev. Dwight Graves on Jan. 10. Rev. Graves was chairman of the Cobb Southern Christian Leadership Conference and pastor of Emmanuel Tabernacle Christian Church in Marietta. According to the SCLC Facebook page, the following are the funeral arrangements for Rev. Graves: Funeral: Friday, Jan. 20 at 11 a.m. Zion Baptist Church 165 Lemon St. Marietta, 30060 Wake: Thursday, Jan. 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. Zion Baptist Church Chapel 165 Lemon St. Marietta, 30060 Rev. Graves was also a member of Prince Hall Masons, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, CASA Board, Kellogg Board (Kennesaw Village), Cobb County Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, Cobb County Coalition for Social Change and Interdenominational…
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A parade to Marietta Square brought the community together to remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday.
In remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference sponsored the 7th annual parade to Marietta Square. Citizens gathered to celebrate a life well lived and lost too soon. Positive American Youth was on hand to provide music and words of encouragement to younger citizens and their families. The parade followed the morning celebration of Cobb County’s 26th anniversary celebration of Dr. King’s life that was sponsored by the Cobb NAACP and Cobb County. Rev. Dr. Kenneth E. Marcus, pastor of Turner Chapel AME received the 2012 "Living the Dream Award." The ceremony and remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spilled deeper into a community feeling the recent loss of one of Cobb County's civil…
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Crossing the river from Marietta to Atlanta saw a clear contrast in the racial divide.
In 1917, Rosalie Andrews, a 15-year-old African-American girl, boarded a trolley in downtown Atlanta. She deposited her 15 cents and sat down in the front seat next to the motorman. “You can’t sit there,” he said. “I beg your pardon.” “You can’t sit there in that seat.” “Why not?” “Because colored folks sit in the back,” he told her. “When did they start doing that?” she asked. The motorman scratched his head. “Where are you from?” “Marietta.” “Oh,” he said. “That accounts for it.” Her story is retold in Cobb County, Georgia and the Origins of the Suburban South: A Twentieth-Century History by Thomas Allan Scott. Andrews, who grew up at her grandmother’s home in Marietta, frequently took the Marietta trolley into Atlanta, sitting next to …
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Our thoughts and prayers are with the Graves family. May you find comfort in the hope found at Isaiah 25:8. more ›