Seasoned Saints is a series of stories on Atlanta seniors who have helped shape the way the city is seen through local media, community activism, and a national lens. These stories are representative of Black History Month and the people who helped make Black history every day. Some are well-known the world over, while others’ names might only ring a bell within their respective communities. Black history is all around us.

-D. Suggs, Editor in Chief, The Atlanta Voice

There are family pictures. And then there are generational family pictures. 103-year-old Annie Velma Hickson sat in her favorite love seat in the living room of her home in Southwest Atlanta. The Fayette County native smiled as members of her direct lineage closed in around her.

Some stood, others kneeled, and others still

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