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Distict 4 Commissioner Lisa Cupd screenshot where she blasts modifications to anti-racism resolution

Cobb County June 8, 2020

Cupid criticizes modifications to anti-racism resolution presented at BOC agenda work session

Cobb County District 4 Commissioner Lisa Cupid sharply criticized modifications to a proposed anti-racism resolution submitted by Commissioner Keli Gambrill. Commissioners Bob Ott and JoAnn Birrell supported Gambrill’s modifications. Cupid…

protestors with signs across from Wildmans in Kennesaw

Kennesaw June 6, 2020

Protesters Want Wildman’s Confederate Memorabilia Out of Kennesaw

Dozens of protesters gathered in downtown Kennesaw on Friday afternoon to express disfavor with the Wildman’s civil war surplus store. The nearly 50-year-old store has sparked much controversy over its…

Acworth City Hall in article about Baker Road annexation

Acworth June 6, 2020

Acworth city council passes resolution condemning racism

Acworth City Council members passed a resolution at Thursday evening’s meeting condemning racism in light of the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and other Black people across the country….

Welcome to Cobb County brick sign at Henderson Road on Veterans Memorial

Cobb County June 4, 2020

Cobb Board of Commissioners to consider resolution condemning racism

The Cobb County Board of Commissioners is expected to consider a resolution condemning racism at next Tuesday’s meeting. The resolution in its current form was posted by District 4 Commissioner…

First Amendment inscription at Independence Hall

Freedom of the Press June 2, 2020

Journalism and First Amendment organizations condemn detainment of Alyssa Pointer, Haisten Willis

The Georgia chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Atlanta Chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association, the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists, the National Association of Black Journalists,…

Speaker with bullhorn at Black Lives Matter demonstration in Marietta

Cobb County June 1, 2020

March and rally in Marietta to protest the killing of George Floyd

Amy Barnes provided the Courier with video footage and still photos of the peaceful demonstration in Marietta Sunday afternoon to protest the death of George Floyd at the hands of…

Cobb County June 1, 2020

Photos from yesterday’s march and rally in Marietta

Cobb County Communications Director Ross Cavitt took a series of photos of Sunday’s march in Marietta to protest the killing of George Floyd by now former-Minneapolis police officer . The…

Cobb County May 31, 2020

Cobb, Marietta, Smyrna police issue joint statement on nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd

The Cobb County Police Department, the Marietta Police Department, and the Smyrna Police Department issued a joint statement on the nationwide protests that have erupted after the killing of George…

Cobb County March 10, 2020

Women of Action, Turning Dreams Into Reality

Acworth, GA.—The 12th Annual Cobb County Women’s History Day Celebration was held Saturday morning at the Chattahoochee Technical College Campus in Acworth, where they honored four women as the panel…

Kennesaw State University October 20, 2017

Protests in support of KSU cheerleaders who “take a knee” continue

For the second time this week, students at Kennesaw State University protested on campus Thursday, Oct. 19, to support the five cheerleaders who continue to kneel during the national anthem…

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