Bishop Harris died Dec. 9 after a “long battle with cancer,” said his daughter Carlotta Harrell, who’s also chair of the ...

Among the family Bishop Bill Harris leaves behind is his daughter, Henry County Commission Chair Carlotta Harrell.

Dr. Beasley was born in Fayette County in 1936 and was known for his advocacy for Black servicemembers that began while he ...

ATLANTA — A civil rights leader who marched alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has died. Bishop Bill C. Harris died on ...

Dr. Joseph Beasley has died at 88 years old. Dr. Beasley was born to sharecroppers in Inman Georgia, south of Atlanta, and ...

Beasley worked tirelessly as an advocate for disenfranchised people, whether it was moving to change a Georgia state flag ...

ATLANTA — An Atlanta civil rights activist known for advocating for Black servicemembers in the military and as well as ...

Joe Beasley who was just two weeks shy of his 89th birthday, according to his family, was "a moral force in Atlanta." ...

About a hundred people gathered in Decatur to kick off a nationwide tour led by local activists to reenergize Black voters and create a national agenda for racial equality and Black empowerment. The ...

In this exhaustively researched account of the civil rights movement, history and law professor Brown-Nagin focuses on the consequential roles of “lesser-known lawyers and organizers, litigators and ...

Former Atlanta mayor and civil rights leader Andrew Young has been discharged after being hospitalized Friday in what his family described as a precaution. The specific reason for the hospital stay ...