Join us for our May Chapter meeting via “Microsoft Teams”! Held the THIRD SATURDAY (instead of the fourth), due to the holiday.

It begins at 1 PM with our featured topic, followed by Chapter business.

Non-members: If you would like to join the meeting, please email info@aahgsatl.org by Friday, May 15, 2026.

“Give Me Back What’s Mine: Black Women Testify before the Southern Claims Commission”

Claims and testimonies submitted by Black women of Chatham County, GA seeking restitution for goods taken by the U.S. Army during the Civil War. Revealing their determination to become self-sufficient, and their insistence that the federal government live up to its promises.

Velma Maia Fann

Author, Public Historian, Manager of the Shrine of the Black Madonna Cultural Center and Bookstore – Atlanta