Documentary screening sparks community conversation

Andrea Honaker, Telegraph staff writer|October 24, 2017

About 30 community members attended an Oct. 24 event hosted by Mercer’s Center for Collaborative Journalism, The Telegraph and Georgia Public Broadcasting. It was the fifth public program in the collaborative project about race and schools.

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The old Roxy Theatre could be a hub of activity again when its parking lot houses food trucks and a pedestrian plaza in a renaissance of the old Greenwood Bottoms Black business district near Downtown Macon.

Roxy Theatre’s history brings new life to a Macon Black business district

Seth Clark and his family recently moved back to Macon from Atlanta . They bought a house in the Vineville neighborhood even though he said the selling agents emphasized crime and problems with the public schools in the area.

Have real estate agents contributed to Bibb school segregation?

Class of 1977 recalls the early years of segregation

Members of Central’s class of 1977 were among the first Macon children to spend all or most of their school years in racially integrated schools. ...

Rufus Bundridge, third from left, at the class reunion for Central High School’s class of 1977.

They were among the first to integrate. Here’s what Central High’s class of ’77 learned

What would Bibb schools’ racial makeup be if everyone went to their zoned school?

These maps show roughly where Bibb children live and which schools serve them. Each dot stands for three children who lived within a small area cal...

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Roxy Theatre’s history brings new life to a Macon Black business district

Class of 1977 recalls the early years of segregation

Members of Central’s class of 1977 were among the first Macon children to spend all or most of their school years in racially integrated schools. ...

They were among the first to integrate. Here’s what Central High’s class of ’77 learned

How do parents choose the right school for their children?

Kelly Neal

Kelly Neal works in Macon but lives in Jones County so her two children with intellectual disabilities can attend a public school that can accommodate...

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Documentary screening sparks community conversation

Roxy Theatre’s history brings new life to a Macon Black business district

Have real estate agents contributed to Bibb school segregation?

Class of 1977 recalls the early years of segregation

They were among the first to integrate. Here’s what Central High’s class of ’77 learned

What would Bibb schools’ racial makeup be if everyone went to their zoned school?

Roxy Theatre’s history brings new life to a Macon Black business district

Class of 1977 recalls the early years of segregation

They were among the first to integrate. Here’s what Central High’s class of ’77 learned

How do parents choose the right school for their children?

Kelly Neal