The Atlanta Education Foundation hosted a reception and ceremony last Friday night at the high school library to honor four more Distinguished Alumni.
(In 1914 while bedridden, S. J. Harrod dictated a 30-page biography to his second wife, Velma Haplin Harrod. Their daughter. Stephanie Harrod of Escondido, California, kept the story and it was transcribed by Marjorie Herod Fuller. Cousins Marsha Scarborough and Johanna Ledbetter received copies and have given permission for excerpts to be included in this publication.)
On October 1, Miranda Johnson, the director of the Atlanta City Development Corporation and the current president of the Atlanta Area Chamber of Commerce, sent a press release to the current chamber members that she would be stepping down from her role as the president of the Chamber and transitioning to the full-time effort Atlanta City Development Executive Director.
LaRaydon Anderson, son of Ladonest Anderson, visited the museum inside the Atlanta Depot last week and learned about Bessie Coleman.
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