Mar 3, 2023
Walking with Women Making History
For Women’s History Month, join us for Wednesday’s Walk With Women Making History Each walk will feature a host or hosts who are women from our community who are making...
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Mar 3, 2023
Walking with Women Making History
For Women’s History Month, join us for Wednesday’s Walk With Women Making History Each walk will feature a host or hosts who are women from our community who are making...
Mar 3, 2023
Walking with Women Making History
For Women’s History Month, join us for Wednesday’s Walk With Women Making History Each walk will feature a host or hosts who are women from our community who are making...
Aug 9, 2022
Flat Rock After Slavery
Following Emancipation, members of the Flat Rock community had to navigate the rise of Jim Crow and deal with the harsh presence of segregation in daily life. Some left and...
Aug 4, 2022
Things to Do in Lithonia
Have you visited historic Lithonia? Once the granite capital of the world, this small southern city is situated at the northern end of the National Heritage Area and offers a...
Jul 26, 2022
Skills and Inventions in the Flat Rock Community
Life in the rural South was not easy for members of the Flat Rock community, especially during Jim Crow. In this video, listen to board members and staff of the...
Jul 14, 2022
Quilt Making in the Flat Rock Community
Quilt making has played an important role in the history of Flat Rock, one of the oldest Black communities in Georgia. Listen as Johnny Waits and Patricia Bryant, both descendants...
Jun 30, 2022
Bruce Street Oral Histories: Allene Harper
As part of ongoing efforts to preserve the history of the Bruce Street School, DeKalb County’s first Black public school, we have worked with community members to record a series...
Jun 21, 2022
Registration Open for June South River Paddle
Paddle Details: Registration is now open for the June South River paddle, a relaxing 6.5 mile trip along the National Heritage Area’s marquee waterway. Escape from the summer heat and...
Jun 3, 2022
Geology and Culture with the DeKalb Beloved Naturalist Program
By Sally Sears, Co-Founder of the DeKalb Beloved Naturalist Program “If these rocks could talk…” we might better understand our natural world. That was a lesson for the founding class...
May 19, 2022
Biking at Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area | Best Spots + Trails
There are over 34 miles of trails for biking at Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area, stretching from historic downtown Lithonia all the way to the Monastery of the Holy Spirit....
May 5, 2022
Paddle the South River
Guided paddles of the South River are back for 2022! Join the South River Watershed Alliance for a series of paddles to take place on May 14, July 30 and...