A “sacred site ceremony” was held Saturday, beginning with a march from English Park to the defunct Chattahoochee Brick Co. in northwest Atlanta. Organizers of the gathering said it aimed “to claim ...

The city of Atlanta is moving to purchase and preserve a massive swath of land in northwest Atlanta that was once owned by a brick company that participated in the state’s convict leasing system.

The team behind the forthcoming Chattahoochee Brick Co. and Atlanta Riverlands project in West Atlanta kicked off their ...

ATLANTA — A celebration took place on Saturday, marking the next chapter for an Atlanta non-profit working to reimagine an old brickwork company into a place that honors the black lives that worked ...

ATLANTA (AP) — The City of Atlanta's official seal shows a phoenix rising from the ashes of the Civil War. What it doesn’t show is that Atlanta was rebuilt with slavery’s successor: convict labor, ...

*ATLANTA (WGCL) — Right now, it looks like an old, abandoned brickyard, but the old Chattahoochee Brick Company site holds a history mired in blood, sweat, and tears. “This is the location of the ...

ATLANTA - Historians who've studied what happened on the grounds of the industrial site along Bolton Road and Interstate 285 said Black teenagers and young adult prison inmates were forced to build ...

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NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today announced it has terminated plans to build a rail transfer facility on the site of the former Chattahoochee ...

In Atlanta, leaders are working to build a memorial at an old brick factory site to honor victims of convict leasing. After the Civil War, thousands of Black men were forced to work at the factory.

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