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>>> WELCOME BACK EVERYONE, WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE BLACK
HISTORY MONTH HERE ON ATLANTA &
COMPANY . AND WITH ATLANTA
SERVING AS A BACKDROP FOR SO
MANY HISTORICAL LOCATIONS, WE
THOUGHT WE WOULD SEND CARA OUT
AND TELL US ABOUT THE SPOTS TO
VISIT ESPECIALLY DURING THIS
MONTH.
MONTH.
MONTH. HIGH CARA.
HIGH CARA. >> HELLO, WE ARE SO LUCKY TO
LIVE IN ATLANTA AND HAVE ALL
THESE PLACES RIGHT WITHIN OUR
REALM.
REALM.
REALM. LET'S GET STARTED WITH SOME OF
THE TOP ONES I THINK YOU SHOULD
VISIT THIS MONTH AND ALL YEAR
LONG.
LONG.
LONG. THE
LONG. THE FIRST IS THE UNIVERSITY
CENTER, A VITAL PART OF
ATLANTA'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN
ATLANTA'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, HISTORY AND
HERITAGE.
HERITAGE.
HERITAGE. IT IS A CONSORTIUM OF SIX
AFRICAN-AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL
AFRICAN-AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- MORRIS BROWN
COLLEGE, AND
COLLEGE, AND INTERDENOMINATIONAL THEOLOGIAN
INTERDENOMINATIONAL THEOLOGIAN CENTER.
CENTER.
CENTER. MOST COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
WERE -- DURING THE CIVIL WAR
AND SEVERAL OF THEM PLAYED A
ROLE IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT.
MOVEMENT.
MOVEMENT. IT IS A DISTINGUISHED GROUP OF
ALUMNI AMONG THEM DR. MARTIN
LUTHER KING, SPIKE LEE THE LIST
IS SO LONG I COULDN'T NAME THE
MALL BUT SURELY KNOW SOMEONE
WHO HAS GRADUATED FROM THERE.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG IS PASCUAL'S
IT IS A RESTAURANT WHERE CIVIL
RIGHTS LEADERS MET AND PLANNED
KEY MARCHES DURING THE 60s.
IT WAS FOUNDED BY TWO BROTHERS
JAMES AND ROBERT WHO PROVIDED
FRIED CHICKEN TO STUDENTS THAT
WERE ARRESTED FOR PROTESTING.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY ON THE WEST
END, BUT TODAY IT IS OPEN AND
YOU CAN GO FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH
OR DINNER.
OR DINNER. CHECK THAT OUT AND YOU WILL NOT
BE DISAPPOINTED.
BE DISAPPOINTED. ALL RIGHT THE NEXT ONE IS
SOUTHVIEW CEMETERY FOUNDED IN
1886 BY NINE BLACK BUSINESSMEN
WITHIN THE STATE OF GEORGIA
WHERE A CHARTER WAS TO
ESTABLISH A CEMETERY.
THE CHARTER WAS GRANTED IN
APRIL OF THE SAME YEAR, AND IT
IS NOW THE FINAL RESTING PLACE
FOR OVER 80,000 AFRICAN-
AMERICANS.
AMERICANS. MANY FAMOUS RESIDENTS, DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR, DR.
BENJAMIN MAYS, ALSO THE LATE
GREAT CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS
AND HANK AARON.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TIME
FOR THE LAST FEW BUT I WILL TRY
AND GET THEM IN.
THE MUNICIPAL MARKET WAS
ESTABLISHED IN 1980 AFTER --
DURING THE JIM CROW LAWS THAT
CREATED THE NAME BECAUSE THE
BLACK-MARKET FARMERS WERE NOT
ABLE TO BE SOLD INSIDE THE
MARKET.
MARKET.
MARKET. SO THEY SOLD OUTSIDE.
TODAY THE MARKET FEATURES 20
INDEPENDENTLY OWNED SPACES WITH
RETAILERS THAT SELL MEETS,
SEAFOOD, AND PRODUCE.
PLEASE GO AND SUPPORT IT.
THE LAST ONE IS APEX, AND THIS
GIVES A VIEW OF HISTORY FROM
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE.
PERSPECTIVE. THIS HAS DISPLAYS SUCH AS
AFRICA THE UNTOLD STORY, STREET
PRIDE, THERE IS A REPLICA OF
JAMES AND THE MILTON DRUGSTORE.
ONE OF THE CITY'S FIRST AFRICAN-
AMERICAN OWNED BUSINESSES.
THERE ARE SO MANY BOOKS, YOU
CAN READ THEM ON FACEBOOK,
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS SHE
CAN SEE IN THIS GREAT CITY OF
OURS, SO PLEASE GO OUT AND
EDUCATE YOURSELVES AND DO IT IN
FEBRUARY IN HONOR OF BLACK
HISTORY MONTH, BUT DO IT ALL
YEAR LONG.
YEAR LONG. >> RIGHT, ANYTIME YOU WANT TO,
THERE IS SO MUCH RICH HISTORY
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. WE
HERE. WE NEED TO GET THE KIDS TO
REALLY REALIZE AND APPRECIATE
MORE OF THOSE GREAT LEADERS WHO