Mar 12, 2022
Flat Rock Archives Museum Reopens
After a long hiatus due to COVID-19 and renovation work, the Flat Rock Archives museum is back open! With new exhibits describing the history of Black life in the rural South and...
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African American History in Georgia
Mar 8, 2022
Third Bruce Street School Community Engagement Session Complete
Participants recently took part in the third Bruce Street School community engagement session, designed to gather community feedback about potential future uses and activation of the Bruce Street...
Feb 7, 2022
Discover the Lithonia Country Club
The Lithonia Country Club, now gone, was an important part of African-American life in the Atlanta area during of the 20th century. This music venue and gathering place hosted musicians...
Jul 21, 2021
Historic Bruce Street School Preservation Moving Forward
Martin Rickles Studio, an Atlanta-based interdisciplinary design studio, has been selected for the conceptual design for the preservation and activation of the Bruce Street School ruins, the remnants...
Jul 6, 2021
Tour the Flat Rock Archives!
Flat Rock is one of the oldest Black communities in Georgia and you can take a personal tour with Flat Rock Archives Co-Founder, Johnny Waits, to experience the area’s history...
Jun 22, 2021
Lithonia Juneteenth Farmer’s Market
We spent Juneteenth with the volunteer board of the Flat Rock Archives at the Lithonia Farmer’s Market in historic downtown Lithonia! In spite of the rain, we had plenty of...
Apr 21, 2021
Way Back Wednesday: Visit the Lithonia Country Club
It’s Way Back Wednesday, day 5 of National Park Week 2021 – and we’re going back in time to a dirt-floored music venue in then-rural Georgia. The Lithonia Country Club,...