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Coretta Scott King gets her own rose in honor of 86th birthday
What’s in a name? For this rose, a lot. Coretta Scott King, the widow of the the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a civil rights activist in her own right, now has a rose that bears her name. The rose will make its debut Saturday in observance of what ...
Little-known aspects of SCLC history on display at Emory
Amid the scores of photographs in an exhibit chronicling the history of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference are two that — at first glance — don’t seem to fit.The black-and-white photographs are of small children in Vietnam.That’s the beauty of the exhibit, “And the Struggle Continues: The Southern Christian Leadership ...
Music for the soul: Gospel conference kicks off Thursday
Atlanta has been known as a center for hip hop music.Lately, though, another more soul-stirring genre is gaining a greater hold - gospel.Some of the nation’s top gospel performers will gather in Atlanta Thursday through part of Saturday for the 17th annual Gospel Heritage Praise & Worship Conference, which will ...
Rex Michel: An answered prayer to those in need
The pastor of St. Peters True Holiness Church in DeKalb County prayed that God would send an someone to fix a leaking roof, lights that didn’t work and plumbing problems. God sent him Rex Michel. The first thing the Rev. Donald Sawyer said to Michel, whom he had never met, ...
Atlantans find unique ways to personalize a holiday staple
Regina Lynch-Hudson’s Christmas tree strongly reflects her long-nurtured interest in genealogy. Each ruby red bauble holds a photograph of one of her ancestors. She calls it her “AncesTree.” “If someone else has it, I don’t want it,” said Lynch-Hudson, a Roswell-based publicist and home decor writer who came up with ...
After shopping Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Tuesday is a time to give
There will be no shortage of reasons to open your wallets over the next few days, and now there’s one more. The first Giving Tuesday will be held next week as a way to raise awareness and money to support the good work charities do throughout the year. It follows ...
Comfort foods evoke fond memories
D. BryAnn Chen makes sure her daughter, Veronica, is in the kitchen when she makes Chinese beef noodle soup. At six months old, Veronica, won’t be cooking anytime soon, but Chen wants to start building her food memories now. Whenever she cooks some of her favorite family recipes, Chen, an ...
Former UPS exec turns playwright
When William Balzer sits down for “Two Drink Minimum,” it will be as a first-time playwright and not as an arts patron. Balzer, a retired, civic-minded UPS executive, took a can-do attitude that has served him well over the years and done what many only talk about — he put ...
Being scared to death makes people feel alive
We’ve all had those stomach-drops-to-the-floor moments and swear we will never, ever watch another scary movie. Then we do it again. What it is about bone-chilling screams that people find so addictive? Fear can be an “adrenaline rush,” said Craig Dominey, founder of The Moonlit Road, a website (http://themoonlitroad.com/) and ...
Author: Procrastinators should turn bad habits into good ones
Jason Caine admits he needs help, and it can’t be put off until tomorrow. “I can’t sit down and do the work until the last minute,” said Caine, 28. “There’s always something else that’s urgent. If you procrastinate and get the job done, all it does is cause you to ...
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