#georgiahistory — Public Fediverse posts

WUGA: New website documents historic displacement of Black neighborhoods in Downtown Athens . “R-51 displaced nearly 400 households and demolished community structures in the 1960s in Downtown Athens. The displacement disproportionately affected Black families, who made up about 60% of the households.”

January 13, 1982, Braves star Hank Aaron elected to Baseball Hall of Fame https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/519648/ #AlbanyGa #atl #atlanta #AtlantaBraves #AtlantaGa #AtlantaBravesHistory #AtlantaBraves #BabeRuth #BabeRuthRecords #Baseball #BaseballHallOfFame #BaseballHistory #braves #bravos #FamousAtlantaBravesPlayers #Georgia #GeorgiaHistory #GeorgiaNews #HankAaron #HankAaronRecords #MLB #MLBHistory #SouthGa #SouthGeorgiaHistory #ThisDayInGeorgiaHistory #ThisDayInHistory #Walb #WALBNEWS #WalbNews10

January 13, 1982, Braves star Hank Aaron elected to Baseball Hall of Fame https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/519648/ #AlbanyGa #atl #atlanta #AtlantaBraves #AtlantaGa #AtlantaBravesHistory #AtlantaBraves #BabeRuth #BabeRuthRecords #Baseball #BaseballHallOfFame #BaseballHistory #braves #bravos #FamousAtlantaBravesPlayers #Georgia #GeorgiaHistory #GeorgiaNews #HankAaron #HankAaronRecords #MLB #MLBHistory #SouthGa #SouthGeorgiaHistory #ThisDayInGeorgiaHistory #ThisDayInHistory #Walb #WALBNEWS #WalbNews10

Georgia Public Library Service: Georgia Public Library Service Expands Digitized Collections and Historical Newspaper Access. “The Georgia Public Library Service is pleased to announce the addition of new content to the Digital Library of Georgia and the Georgia Historic Newspaper Project, making more of Georgia’s rich history accessible to the public from anywhere with an internet […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/30/georgia-public-library-service-georgia-public-library-service-expands-digitized-collections-and-historical-newspaper-access/

On Saturday we'll be hosting debut memoirist Neesha Powell-Ingabire for a conversation on undertold Black history alongside personal and family stories, followed by a signing of their new book, "Come By Here: A Memoir in Essays from Georgia’s Geechee Coast"!

Neesha, a millennial journalist, essayist, and organizer, traces the genealogy of systemic racial violence while paying homage to the area’s long history of Black resistance and culture keeping. Can't make the in-person event? We'll be streaming it to our YouTube channel!

Full event details, and copies of "Come By Here," available at https://firestorm.coop/events/3285-history-as-truth-telling-with-author-neesha-powell-ingabire.html

#BlackHistory #QueerSouth #GullahGeechee #GeorgiaHistory #FeministBookstore #ComeByHere #FirestormCoop (- L)