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The Odd Fellows Building was suggested by Black newspaper editor Benjamin J. Davis (1870-1945), designed by white Atlanta architect William A. Edwards (1866-1939) and built by Robert E. Pharrow, owner of an African-American construction company. Despite the Jim Crow era, the two men, Black and white, worked side by side toward completing the structure. 

ATLANTA -- Certain monuments and landmarks distinguish the great cities: the Arch in St. Louis, the Duomo in Florence, Randy’s Donuts in Los Angeles. Atlanta has a few such iconic

Study rooms dedicated for couple who escaped slavery 6 hours ago Library honoring Georgians who worked to build a better future for students In 1848, William and Ellen Craft fled Georgia in disguise — and for 19 years, left the country — to escape slavery and become activists for freedom, literacy and education for Black Americans before and after the Civil War. Nearly 175 years later, their names will be permanently etched at the heart of the birthplace of public higher education in the Un...