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#1. Republican Georgia Sen. Larry Walker is the chief sponsor of Senate Bill 390, which would sever ties between the Georgia library system and ________________.
It’s the American Library Association.
The ALA is a national nonprofit that supports librarians and accredits the schools that train them.
If passed, S.B. 390 would sever all ties between the ALA and Georgia’s library system. Walker said he brought it to the Gold Dome because his local library recently expanded its offerings by adding books that center on diverse life experiences — LGBTQ ones especially.
#2. Which Atlanta museum is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this month with a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement?
It’s the National Center for Civil and Human Rights.
A new exhibit in the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. collection highlights how important the year 1964 was to the Civil Rights Movement.
The new exhibit’s title, “We Who Believe in Freedom: 1964 — A Transformative Year in Civil Rights,” is inspired by the tune “Ella’s Song” and showcases a range of archival and interactive experiences that chronicle three significant events in the Civil Rights Movement.
#3. One specific case study from the Fulton County Reparations Task Force is Atlanta’s __________ and its early gentrification during the 1930s and 1940s.
It’s Bagley Park.
Bagley Park became like a haven for Black residents following racial terrorism in Forsyth County, according to a preliminary report by the Fulton task force.
Following several complaints from neighboring white residents who urged the county to condemn the neighborhood, the board began buying up the area and displacing residents. The Fulton task force will further investigate these doings over the course of the studies.
#4. On Wednesday, Rev. Kim Jackson and members of the Church of the Common Ground ventured door-to-door to bless the homes and residents of this newly-opened lower-income housing facility.
It’s The Melody.
The Melody serves as the first rapid housing development in the city of Atlanta, designed to help people move into more permanent housing.
The church members greeted residents with warm smiles and hugs to perform the liturgy for any of their neighbors who wanted to receive the blessing.
#5. If Fulton D.A. Willis and her office are disqualified from the Trump election interference case, the director of which council listed below would then have to appoint a replacement?
It’s the Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia.
The director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia then would have to appoint a special prosecutor to take over the case.
But for context, 18 months after a judge disqualified the Fulton DA’s office from investigating the lieutenant governor, no prosecutor has been appointed to resume the case.
