BIPOC

From September 15 to October 15, in observation of Hispanic Heritage Month, Atlanta History Center is honoring and highlighting the Latinx community for their continuous contributions to American society.

The Cherokee Garden Library continuingly works to build a book collection that enhances our understanding of the gardening traditions of African American, Native American, and Latinx communities of the Southeastern United States. Explore our new titles that highlight these areas of focus.

Though the story of the Atlanta Crackers is well-known, for years, the story of the Atlanta Black Crackers was largely untold.

This summer, along with history and civics organizations across the country, we invite you to join in a program dedicated to the Civic Season.

In 1962, Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. ordered the construction of a barricade served to sever the main line connecting the white and Black sections of the Cascade Heights neighborhood.

Yann and Mareth Mak escaped Cambodia with their eight children arriving in Atlanta in October 1981 to get away from genocide carried out by Khmer Rouge.