More than 50 people attended the first-of-its-kind Arabia Alliance Community Archaeology Day, including Bruce Street School alums and nearby residents. The afternoon of Sunday, May 28 was a busy one...
Enjoy history come alive through storytelling. The Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance is thrilled to announce a Juneteenth Storytelling Festival at Lithonia’s Historic Bruce Street. On...
For one day only, from 2 to 4pm, we are opening up the Historic Bruce Street School ruins to the public to participate in a community archaeological survey of the...
Great groovin’ live music with delicious food and beverages from local vendors at Lithonia City Park. Music Lineup: King of strings KEN FORD with the soulful sounds of SYLEENA JOHNSON....
Great groovin’ live music with delicious food and beverages from local vendors at Lithonia City Park. Music lineup: THE ORIGINAL LAKESIDE BAND & CONFUNKSHUN, CHE MACK on the 1s and...
One of Lithonia’s most influential mayors reflects on her life and times in office. Lithonia’s first Black female mayor Marcia Glenn Hunter still remembers when her hometown was segregated...
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...