(APN) ATLANTA — Former State Sen. Robert Brown, 61, who had served as Georgia State Senate Minority Leader until earlier this year, was found dead this week in an apparent suicide. Brown graduated from Mercer University in Macon, and went on to be a strong advocate for the school. He was elected to the State Senate in 1991, in a […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Pat Chapman, 85, a lifelong advocate for the less fortunate who continued her activism on the computer after becoming home-bound, passed away from complications from a stroke, on Monday, May 16, 2011. Over the last fifteen years, Chapman had been a champion for the Democratic Party, even from her home in East Cobb County, a Conservative bastion […]
Read moreUPDATE 1: Statement from Councilman Willis: “He was an all-around great guy. He was very thoughtful- he treated every one of his customers the same, if you were a City Councilmember or an attorney or a judge, you felt like you were walking into Cheers, because everybody knew your name,” Willis said. “He also understood how to treat his customers… he […]
Read moreThis article contains additional reporting–specifically, interviews with Joe Beasley and State Rep. Tyrone Brooks–by William Cobham. (APN) ATLANTA — Former State Rep. Billy McKinney, 83, passed away on Thursday, July 15, 2010. He was a civil rights activist who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1973 to 2002. He was also the father of former US Rep. Cynthia […]
Read more(APN) DECATUR — Rebecca “Becky” Blankenship, a left-leaning activist for the arts, has died at the age of 70. Ms. Blankenship died on January 6, 2010 of a currently-unknown illness–likely pneumonia–which she acquired in London, according to friends. She had stood on parade in the frigid English air on New Years day 2010. For several years she with others had […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Many Atlantans in the progressive community are experiencing shock and grief after Errin Jade Vuley, the 35 year-old activist was killed in a car crash on Tuesday, November 17, 2009. A Ford Explorer struck Vuley’s minivan while she was driving down Memorial Drive, according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution newspaper’s website. Three others were injured in the crash, […]
Read moreWith additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — Marilyn Clement, tireless activist and founder and former national coordinator of Healthcare NOW!–a group which advocates for single-payer universal health care–passed away Monday, August 03, 2009, after a long fight with multiple myeloma. She was 74. Prior to moving to New York in 1968, Clement spent several years as an Atlanta-based […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Allen Thornell, 38, was a progressive activist, lobbyist, politician, and media consultant who worked with groups like Georgia Equality, Atlanta Stonewall Democrats, and the AIDS Survival Project. He passed away August 03, 2009, suddenly, from a stroke. Although Thornell had a history of heart problems, he seemed perfectly healthy at the time. Thornell served as Board Co-Chair […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Ebon Dooley, 64, a renowned activist, scholar, and poet, and one of the founding champions of WRFG Radio Free Georgia 89.3 FM, passed away yesterday, October 12, 2006. Activists are shocked and very sad and upset. “It definitely comes as a surprise. He was quite an incredible guy and had an incredible history,” Barry Weinstock told Atlanta […]
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