But I will be, no doubt, disappointed, as Mayor Andre Dickens will probably chalk up a decisive victory against a gadfly or two. Dickens is roundly well-liked, although an opponent could take him up ...

The city of Atlanta will officially honor its former Mayor Shirley Franklin with a street and park renamed after the esteemed ...

ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council approved legislation on Monday to honor former Mayor Shirley Clarke Franklin.

Coretta Scott King is known for being the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. But her legacy is one of an international fight for ...

Henry L. Marsh III, the first Black mayor of Richmond and a figure who embodied the rise of African American power in the city, died Thursday night at 91. Marsh, a civil rights lawyer, was Richmond’s ...

It was a fertile time for artists in Atlanta, especially Black artists, Cleage notes. As mayor, Maynard Jackson had ushered in more municipal support for the arts, and with it more funding for ...

But Dobbs’ legacy extended even further: In 1974 his grandson, Maynard Jackson Jr., became the first Black mayor of Atlanta. It’s a shame few people are aware of the incredible accomplishments ...

But Dobbs’ legacy extended even further: In 1974 his grandson, Maynard Jackson Jr., became the first black mayor of Atlanta. It’s a shame few people are aware of the incredible accomplishments ...