The city of Atlanta will officially honor its former Mayor Shirley Franklin with a street and park renamed after the esteemed ...

On Monday, the Atlanta City Council voted unanimously to rename Central Avenue, where Atlanta City Hall sits, and Westside ...

One of Atlanta's prettiest parks and a Downtown street bordering City Hall are being renamed in honor of Atlanta's first ...

A councilwoman slammed South Fulton Mayor Khalid Kamau for chastising the "all-Black council" for criticizing his lavish ...

Cascade Heights has been known as a home to Black prominence and power in Atlanta. Several notable politicians, sports figures and celebrities have settled in there, but only in recent history.

Women are still routinely outnumbered ... county governing body in 2020. The tiny Atlanta-area towns of Pine Lake and Auburn had all-female mayors and councils a few years ago, but not anymore.

ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council approved legislation on Monday to honor former Mayor Shirley Clarke Franklin.

Atlanta pays tribute to its Former Mayor, Shirley Franklin, by renaming its largest park and one of its roadways.

When Franklin was elected mayor in 2001, she not only became the first Black woman mayor in Atlanta, but the first of any major Southern city. More than 23 years later, Atlanta leaders embarked on ...

ATLANTA — The City of Atlanta is honoring the city’s first woman mayor by renaming a park and busy downtown road after her. On Monday, the Atlanta City Council voted unanimously to rename ...