Ernie Suggs
Race and Culture Reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Author: The Many Lives of Andrew Young https://t.co/9d6vwAZCub Producer: The South Got Something To Say https://t.co/ZNQnBcXUDH @AJC @NCCU @Harvard Brooklyn Rocky
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ajc.com | Ernie Suggs
The year 1986 was a big year for Aaron Swain. That was the year the Detroit native graduated from Morehouse College. It was also the year that 100 Black Men of Atlanta, one of the largest affiliates of 100 Black Men of America, was founded. Credit: Ben GrayOn May 13, Swain will be installed as the organization’s next chairman, beginning a two-year term. He will be replacing outgoing chair Sidney D. Barron.
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ajc.com | Ernie Suggs
Atlanta loves an elegant ball for elegant people. It will be Andrew Young’s turn May 12 when the red carpet at the Woodruff Arts Center Galleria is rolled out for Atlanta’s civic, philanthropic and political elite to honor the city’s former mayor.
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ajc.com | Ernie Suggs
The Rev. Maynard H. Jackson Sr. and his wife, Irene Dobbs Jackson, had a vision. Coming out of World War II, as Atlanta’s Black colleges were gaining momentum, they dreamed of creating an intellectual community where faculty and staff could live and work together. Credit: Constance Jackson CarterCredit: Constance Jackson CarterSo, in the neighborhood that housed what would later become known as the Atlanta University Center, they built an apartment building.
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flcourier.com | Ernie Suggs
ATLANTA — Bernice A. King has never been one for protocol, especially when she has good intentions. So, when she found herself in the Vatican on March 12, 2018, in a private, quiet moment with Pope Francis, the daughter of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. asked him a question. “I leaned in to ask him was there anything I could do for him,” Bernice King recalled. The pontiff looked at her and whis- pered, “Pray for me.”Continuing to break protocol, she asked if she could pray at that moment.
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gazettextra.com | Ernie Suggs
By Ernie Suggs - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS) ATLANTA - Bernice A. King has never been one for protocol, especially when she has good intentions. So when she found herself in the Vatican on March 12, 2018, in a private, quiet moment with Pope Francis, the daughter of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. asked him a question. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
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Morehouse College has named F. DuBois Bowman, a renowned public health scholar and 1992 graduate of the college, as its 13th president following a national search, the Board of Trustees announced Tuesday. @ajc @itsuatl @Morehouse #hbcu https://t.co/WclrhKAe3l
In a moment that fused Atlanta’s past, present and future, five of the city’s mayors came together to honor the man who helped shape their path — Ambassador Andrew Young. @ajc @itsuatl PLS RT https://t.co/34dxv8Z98Y
Each month @ajc's “Atlanta: America’s Black Mecca?” series, helmed by @writegavinwrite, has stories, photos & videos around the question: Is Atlanta truly the “Black Mecca?” This month, he goes behind the numbers. Is the A the Black Mecca? @ajc @itsuatl https://t.co/eA6f7amY5R https://t.co/A41a4q6mf4