Just over a century ago, the minister of Atlanta's historically black First Congregational Church created an event called the “All Colored Music Festival of Atlanta.”
Today, the inspiration to showcase African American concert talent lives on in the annual Atlanta Music Festival, being held this week at Emory University.
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