06-22-18 Buckhead Reporter

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JUNE 22 - JULY 5, 2018 • VOL. 12— NO. 13

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Buckhead resident joins ADA suit against city of Atlanta

Remembering Juneteenth

BY EVELYN ANDREWS evelyn@reporternewspapers.net

A Buckhead resident is among plaintiffs suing the city of Atlanta over its alleged lack of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The suit alleges that the city has failed to repair sidewalks and fulfill its 2009 agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. James Curtis, a patient at the Shepherd Center who uses a wheelchair, says he joined the suit after frustration that the city See BUCKHEAD on page 22

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Atlanta History Center staff members Jasmine Page, left, and Andrew Blair portray a newly freed slave and a Civil War Union solider in the short play “Freedom: Jubilee and Uncertainty,” part of the center’s Juneteenth celebration on June 16. The play was one of many events the center hosted to mark the 1865 emancipation of slaves in Texas and the end of slavery in the United States.

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Residents want history highlighted in new park on PATH400 BY EVELYN ANDREWS evelyn@reporternewspapers.net

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Residents hope to see history highlighted in the development of a new park in North Buckhead near Ga. 400. Plans include hiring an archaeologist to determine who and how many people are buried in a historic cemetery on the site that dates to 1852. Officials said they need a study of the cemetery, one of the oldest in the city, to be done before doing more specific planning

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