Pete Corson

May 16, 2024 | ajc.com | Pete Corson

On the week of May 17, 1954, many white Georgians reacted in shock, denial and anger when the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in the Brown v Board of Education case, striking down segregation in the nation’s public schools. State leaders expressed defiance and immediately set out to find ways to delay compliance. Here is how The Atlanta Journal and Constition newspapers covered the events of that week, beginning with the Journal’s afternoon edition, presented above.

May 2, 2024 | ajc.com | Pete Corson

On Aug. 30, 1961, the Atlanta Public School system desegregated when nine Black students—remembered as the Atlanta Nine—entered four previously all-white APS high schools. Members of the national press were in town to see whether the situation would explode into a conflict like Little Rock in 1957 or New Orleans in 1960. Here’s how the city carefully managed the potential conflict.

Jul 27, 2023 | ajc.com | Helena Oliviero |Pete Corson

In Atlanta and elsewhere, more of us are taking up pickleball. The allure of the game is understandable. Pickleball is competitive, yet highly social and accessible. It can be picked up by almost anyone — athletes and nonathletes. Pickleball doesn’t require as much running back and forth as tennis. Pickleball is played with a paddle rather than a racket, and with a smaller, harder ball.

Jun 29, 2023 | ajc.com | Pete Corson

By Pete CorsonOn the morning of April 9, 1968, about 50,000 mourners left the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church and marched for four miles through downtown towards the Morehouse College campus. Here's the route that the procession took that morning and some of the things that mourners would have seen that day.

Jun 29, 2023 | ajc.com | Pete Corson