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An Auburn Avenue building constructed in the tumult of 1912 is being renovated today as a "symbol of redemption"

The Odd Fellows Building was suggested by Black newspaper editor Benjamin J. Davis (1870-1945), designed by white Atlanta architect William A. Edwards (1866-1939) and built by Robert E. Pharrow, owner of an African-American construction company. Despite the Jim Crow era, the two men, Black and white, worked side by side toward completing the structure.  ....

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Black History Month: McLendon Hospital at risk of being forgotten forever

At one time, during segregation, the McLendon Hospital was one of just two places in Atlanta where African Americans could get medical care. The hospital has been gone for many years, and now there's concern the hospital is at risk of being forgotten forever. ....

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