Learn more about Conyer’s incredible Monastery of the Holy Spirit. Tour participants will revel in the profound beauty and history of one of the most magnificent places in Georgia during...
Learn more about Conyer’s incredible Monastery of the Holy Spirit. Tour participants will revel in the profound beauty and history of one of the most magnificent places in Georgia during...
Shameka Reynolds of Lithonia and Stonecrest’s Jazzmin Cobble are shaping their cities. Two young women are leading two sister cities in the Heritage Area into the future. While Lithonia is...
With warmer weather, it’s important to remember the delicateness of the Heritage Area’s environments, and how its on visitors to help protect Arabia Mountain and beyond. Did you know that...
The Bruce Street School Brunch Gala sold 75 tickets and raised nearly $7,500 for the historic schoolhouse’s revitalization. Preservation never looked so good! On the morning of February 17,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
At a dirt-floored dance hall far from the bustling streets of Atlanta, people raced, reveled and made merry. This place was the Lithonia Speedway and the accompanying Country Club, tucked...
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...
The Bruce Street School Juneteenth webinar: The Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance and Martin Rickles Studio recently hosted a virtual community meeting on ongoing efforts to reactivate the Bruce...