AMERICUS, Ga. (WALB) - The word Koinonia means Christian fellowship or partnership. As we observe Black History Month, we spotlight one farm in Americus that created a place for African Americans and ...

Towns often have a thing. Maybe its peanuts. Or it could be pecans. I think Americus’s thing should be glass. Georgia ...

AMERICUS, Ga. (WALB) - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has arrested and charged a second man in connection with the ...

Impacts from the expulsion are still visible today, but some of the ways people are working toward reconciliation including a growing scholarship and networking events.

According to the Columbus State University archives, by 1860, 37% of the city’s population was enslaved. Several slaves are buried in The Porterdale Cemetery located on the corner of 10th Ave. and ...

The Forsyth Descendants Scholarship started in 2022 to help those whose families were affected by the racial expulsion in ...

A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to survive and triumph over it.

Fox 4’s Austin Schargorodski reports on the African American “Mucksteppers” who helped build Clewiston’s sugar industry - and the woman ensuring their legacy lives on ...

Discover the remarkable journey of Dr. Alyce Ware, a pioneering educator and community leader who shaped Atlanta's history.

Emory’s study comes as Georgia cities grapple with PFAS in their drinking water, along with new federal regulations that will soon require them to remove nearly all of them.

In honor of Black History Month, Atlanta News First is highlighting local Black-owned businesses — like Virgil’s Gullah Kitchen!