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Hank Aaron
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Braves legend Hank Aaron dies

by Wayne Drash | GA TodayJanuary 22, 2021September 24, 2023
Georgians watching President Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony may not have caught it at the time, but one of Georgia's own played an integral part in the proceedings.
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Did you see a local firefighter at Joe Biden’s inauguration?

by Thom ChandlerJanuary 20, 2021January 20, 2021
Ware County Sheriff Randy Royal, who had just been elected to his fourth term as sheriff, died unexpectedly Wednesday.
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Ware County Sheriff Randy Royal dies

by Thom ChandlerJanuary 14, 2021January 14, 2021
Former mayor of Clarkston, Lee Swaney, died yesterday, city officials confirm.
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Former Clarkston Mayor Lee Swaney dies

by Thom ChandlerDecember 11, 2020December 11, 2020
VALDOSTA -- The City of Valdosta confirmed that Municipal Court Judge Vernita Bender has died. In 2016, Bender was featured by the Judicial Council of Georgia as one of the most influential African-American judges in Georgia.
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Valdosta judge Vernita Bender dead

by Thom ChandlerDecember 8, 2020December 8, 2020
ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Police Department lost one of its history-makers Friday. Former Police Chief George Napper Jr. was Atlanta's first African American Police Chief. He died at his home Friday at 81-years-old.
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Atlanta’s first African American police chief dead at 81

by Thom ChandlerOctober 3, 2020September 24, 2023
Retired Major Robert Hightower became the first African American State Trooper hired by the Georgia State Patrol in 1970. After 28 years of service with the Department of Public Safety, Hightower retired in 1998 as the Division Director of Driver Services.
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Georgia’s first African American state trooper has died

by Thom ChandlerSeptember 23, 2020September 24, 2023
Gov. Brian Kemp tapped a new emergency-management director for the state Tuesday shortly after extending for another two weeks health measures aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus in Georgia.
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Meet Georgia’s new emergency management chief

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News ServiceSeptember 1, 2020September 1, 2020
Georgia's top emergency official, Homer Bryson, is retiring. Bryson is the Georgia Emergency Management Agency and Homeland Security Director. He has held the post since 2016.
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Kemp to name new state emergency chief

by Thom ChandlerAugust 31, 2020August 31, 2020
ATHENS -- Law enforcement officers will say their final goodbyes to Clarke County's Chief Probation Officer Dale Allen who died Tuesday.
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Athens-Clarke County police to say goodbye to chief probation officer

by Thom ChandlerAugust 10, 2020September 24, 2023
Congressman John Lewis
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Georgia’s Congress members want a statue of John Lewis at the U.S. Capitol

by Thom ChandlerJuly 30, 2020July 30, 2020
Three former U.S. presidents said goodbye to civil rights icon John Lewis Thursday, culminating a weeklong series of ceremonies honoring the Atlanta congressman who died July 17 of cancer at age 80.
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Three former U.S. Presidents visit Atlanta to say goodbye to John Lewis

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceJuly 30, 2020September 24, 2023
Former presidential candidate and Georgia resident Herman Cain, who was hospitalized earlier this month with COVID-19, has died from the virus. He was 74 years old.
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Former presidential candidate Herman Cain dead at 74 from coronavirus

by Thom ChandlerJuly 30, 2020September 24, 2023
Civil rights icon and U.S. Rep. John Lewis was honored Wednesday at the state Capitol in Atlanta following his death earlier this month at age 80.
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John Lewis lies in state at Georgia Capitol

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News ServiceJuly 29, 2020September 24, 2023
WASHINGTON — The immortal words of the late civil rights leader John Lewis rang out from the U.S. Capitol Monday during a private ceremony in celebration of his life.
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Get in ‘good trouble’: John Lewis’ words ring out in Capitol once again

by Allison Stevens | Georgia RecorderJuly 28, 2020September 24, 2023
Rev. C.T. Vivian, one of the foremost leaders of the civil rights movement, was honored at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta Wednesday following his death last week at age 95.
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Georgia says goodbye to civil rights leader C.T. Vivian

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News ServiceJuly 22, 2020September 24, 2023
Congressman John Lewis
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Atlanta mayor orders flags to fly at half-staff to honor John Lewis

by Thom ChandlerJuly 18, 2020September 24, 2023
Civil Rights icon and Georgia Congressman John Lewis died Friday night. Lewis was 80 years old and was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year.
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John Lewis: In His Own Words

by Thom ChandlerJuly 18, 2020July 18, 2020

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