A month ago, I asked native Atlantan Michael Cenker, a Georgia Tech graduate, with a BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering, to explain...
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Veronica Lestagez (the "z" is silent) was my mountain buddy today during the autumnal equinox.
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Vincent Robinson lost his legs when he was 20 years old after being shot at the Bankhead Courts housing project.
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"We practice out here so our neighbors don't throw things at us," joked Geno...
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Hardly a day goes by that I don't see—make that hear—Tony "Guitar Man" Taylor at Stone Mountain.
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Svetlana and her family emigrated from Saransk, Russia when she 13, and she left behind many friends, her way of life, and the dream...
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At sunset I found myself on top of Stone Mountain, spending the eve...
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Linda, 58, and Judith, 56, dressed themselves this morning in tutus and tiaras for The Divas 5K...
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Metro Atlanta resident Jae Hong is originally from South Korea, and today the businessman marked his 52nd climb of the year up Stone Mountain....
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Sixty-one years after Martin Luther King, Jr. proclaimed, “Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia,” a diverse community thrives atop Stone Mountain, a mountain still considered emblematic of Old South racism by some. This website humbly attempts to illustrate freedom ringing at last and celebrates all of the new faces that are reclaiming the mountain.
