Citizenship

We created a guide to help Georgians prepare to exercise their right to vote, select the method by which they vote, and to identify and report instances of voter intimidation.

A 30-minute documentary film produced by Atlanta History Center that explores the history of the monument from all angles, including the origin of the carving, the complicated relationships between the carving and contemporaneous historical events, and the key players who worked for its completion. The film is meant to inspire deeper learning and constructive conversations about this monument and what it represents to many different people.

Congressman Andrew Young and his son Bo run down the hallway of the Rayburn House of Representatives Building in Washington in June, 1975.

Atlanta Mayor-elect Maynard Jackson makes a speech on election night on October 3, 1973 at the Sheraton-Biltmore Hotel in Midtown.

Atlanta ’96 tells new stories and expands on memories of the city’s Olympic and Paralympic history.

This online exhibition explores the African American struggle for full citizenship and racial equality that unfolded in the 50 years following the Civil War.

Through digital storytelling, writing prompts, art activities, and supplemental interactives, this Civil Rights Toolkit provides something for all ages.

Through digital storytelling, writing prompts, art activities, and supplemental interactives, this Civil Rights Toolkit provides something for all ages.

The best way to grow our democracy is by exercising your right to vote–registering is the first step! In honor of National Voter Registration Day, we encourage you, the people, to make sure you are registered to vote.

In August 2020, we commemorate the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment which guaranteed American women the right to vote. However, this was not an inclusive victory.

The suffrage movement did not end with the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920. Securing the vote was just part of what Georgia’s suffragists aimed for.  

When the citizens of Georgia elected Andrew Young to the US House of Representatives in 1972, there had not been a Black congressperson elected from Georgia since Jefferson Franklin Long in 1871.

We are losing a generation who brought about sweeping social change as teenagers in the 1960s. Constance “Connie” Curry, Congressman John Lewis, and Rev. C.T. Vivian are just three towering Atlantans who have recently died. Often, as they go, so do their stories.