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On this week's episode of Battleground: Ballot Box, we look at the good, bad and gerrymandering of redistricting in Georgia. Earlier this year and in past years, petitions to change the street name were filed then refiled. City leaders reviewed policies for changing street names. Different groups spearheaded the effort to rename the street at different times.

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Ross Terrell. Ross Terrell is a news reporter. Ellen Eldridge. Bottom Content Related News. The Civil Rights icon reflects on his childhood growing up in the rural community of Arlington, Georgia to his efforts that would lead him to become one of the founders of the Atlanta Student Movement.

Martin Luther King Jr. He, and others, were arrested. Now, the work of Dr. King and leaders from the Atlanta Student Movement is being documented through an oral history project at Kennesaw State University.

Lonnie King, Dr. Roslyn Pope. The oral history project, led by its director Dr. The project aims to uncover, and preserve, the history of the Atlanta Student Movement as well as educate the next generation through curriculum for high school students. More information can be found here. Gwendolyn Middlebrooks, Dr.