PROJECTS

African American Church Cemeteries in DeKalb & Fulton Counties

Researched and published an inventory guide

South-View Cemetery Biographies

Researched bios of interred for the South-View Cemetery Foundation

1906 Atlanta Race Massacre Remembrance

2006 -- Partnered with the Coalition to Remember the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot to conduct, research and trace African American victims' families to find descendants. The effort culminated with a Centennial Remembrance Weekend held in September 2006. (Articles accessed from Newspapers.com)

"City's bloody stain seen with new eyes" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution article)
"Walk into darkness" (AJC article)
"Events in September will mark 1906 Atlanta riot" (AJC article)
"A century later, a city remembers" (AJC article includes photo of AAHGS Metro Atlanta Chapter members Kenny Burton, Monica Hackney and Rhonda Barrow)
"DEADLINE: How Atlanta's newspapers helped incite the 1906 race riot" (AJC article)
"A too-muted 'Silence'" (AJC article)
"Voices, images tell story of race riot 100 years ago" (AJC article)
"GSU marks centennial of tragic race riot" (Atlanta Voice article)
2006 Centennial Remembrance -- Event Agenda
"Race Riot Remembered" (AJC article)

2023 – Three Chapter member/researchers -- Janice Bryant, Sylvia Johnson and Rhonda Barrow (standing l-r in linked photo) -- participated in a panel discussion during a week-long Commemoration. View Sept 16-24 Days of Remembrance. View WABE-TV (PBS Ch. 30) documentary

2024 – Hosted a display table during the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre Remembrance Theatrical Tour at Atlanta's South-View Cemetery on Saturday, September 21, 2024. Area actors portrayed historical African American figures buried there.