Evolving Civil Rights In The ‘City Too Busy to Hate’

|

October 26th, 2017

Protesters hold up their hands while chanting “hands up don’t shoot” outside Ebenezer Baptist Church in March 2014. The protesters gathered while then-Attorney General Eric Holder spoke inside the church as part of speaking tour in the wake of clashes between protesters and police in Ferguson, Mo.

David Goldman / Associated Press

Metro Atlanta has a lot to offer today’s social justice activists: economic inequality, police violence, the Mount Rushmore of the Confederacy.

But how can these things still be in a place known for its central role in American civil rights history?

Like us on Facebook

Related

Top Stories