Rebecca Burns is a journalist, professor, author, and speaker in

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in the U.S.

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. Burns has taught

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and the

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. She is publisher of '' The Red & Black'' has written three books on Atlanta history: ''Burial for a King; Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral and the week that transformed Atlanta and rocked the nation'' (Scribner, 2011), ''Atlanta: Yesterday and Today'' (West Side Publishing, 2010), and ''Rage in the Gate City; The story of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot'' (University of Georgia Press, 2009 and Emmis Books, 2006). Her articles have covered subjects related to social justice, economic justice, civil rights, and urban development in media including ''Atlantic Cities'' and ''Politico''. As of 2014 she was writing ''The Second Burning of Atlanta'' about the Great Atlanta fire of 1917. Burns was editor-in-chief of ''Atlanta'' magazine from 2002 to 2009.Rebecca Burns
Atlanta Magazine She has an M.A. in Communication from Georgia State University. Burns lives in Athens, Georgia with her husband James Burns, a designer and illustrator.Bio
Rebecca Burns website

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Rebecca Burns personal website
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