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The Children's Crusade, or Children's March, was a march by over 1,000 school students in Birmingham, Alabama on May 2–10, 1963. Initiated and organized by Rev. James Bevel, the purpose of the march was to walk downtown to talk to the mayor about segregation in their city. Many children left their schools and were arrested, set free, and then ...
Unrest from protests in the last week has become so violent that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency on Thursday authorizing the use of as many as 1,000 Georgia National Guard ...
The Atlanta City Council has approved the payment of a settlement of $2 million to two college students who were shocked with Tasers and pulled from a car while they were stuck in downtown traffic ...
The George Floyd protests in Atlanta were a series of protests occurring in Atlanta, the capital and largest city of Georgia, United States.The protests were part of the George Floyd protests and, more broadly, the 2020–2021 United States racial unrest, which began shortly after the murder of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020.
ATLANTA (AP) — Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency Thursday, giving him the option of calling in the The post State of emergency declared over Atlanta ‘Cop City’ protest appeared ...
Occupy Atlanta has included protests and demonstrations. Occupy Atlanta began on October 6, 2011 in Woodruff Park , located in downtown Atlanta , Georgia . As part of the Occupy movement , it is inspired by Occupy Wall Street which began in New York City on September 17.
Protests over the construction of a new 85-acre training center for police and firefighters in Atlanta have spread well beyond the city’s limits, and are gaining momentum across the country.
The proposed location for the facility is the Old Atlanta Prison Farm, and opponents of the facility are concerned about the growth of policing in the city—which has witnessed several protests against police violence following the 2020 murder of George Floyd and the killing of Rayshard Brooks, [1] both by police officers. [2] [3]