By 1865, although Atlanta and the Confederacy still lay wounded in the wake of the Union victory, black higher education began its thrust for recognition. Some

"Q" loves traveling with his aunt on school breaks, exploring new places and new faces. This time, they're taking a trip to a different kind of school: an HBCU.

When traditionally white public schools in the South became sites of massive resistance in the wake of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision,

After Reconstruction, against considerable odds, African Americans in Atlanta went about such self-interested pursuits as finding work and housing. They also bu

For more than a century, the city of Atlanta has been associated with black achievement in education, business, politics, media, and music, earning it the nickn