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Below is a collection of current and past American Profile articles. Don't forget you can also submit your own story and read others submitted by the American Profile community.
Thar's Gold in Dahlonega images

by Stuart Englert

Facing the Giants images

by Melonee McKinney

Troubled by what they saw as a rising tide of negative messages in motion pictures, members of a Georgia church challenged Hollywood, started making their own movies and triumphed with films of faith.
Easter Memories images
Easter is remembered in an array of colors, from new purple dresses, yellow bonnets and black patent-leather shoes to multicolored eggs hidden in tufts of green grass and fragrant white lilies surrounding the Sunday church altar.
Offering More than Chicken Sandwiches images
Melonee McKinney Hurt
Home Sweet Home images

by M.B. Roberts

On a crisp, sunny day on a quiet street in Atlanta, about two dozen people gather in the driveway of a light yellow house with white trim to celebrate move-in day with the owner
The Civilian Conservation Corps

by Marti Attoun

Honoring the boys of the Civilian Conservation Corps who rebuilt America and became men
Acts of Kindness

by Marta W. Aldrich

Our 5th annual account of ordinary Americans doing good deeds for one another
Georgia on Her Mind

by Beverly Keel

Trisha Yearwood's journey of self-discovery leads her home.
A Father's Dream, a Son's Mission

by Beverly Keel

Martin Luther King III reflects on his father's legacy
Gifts of Life

by Mardy Fones

Organ donors offer hope to those awaiting transplants
Read All About It!

by Marti Attoun

Generation after generation, they’ve chronicled the big events, but just as important, say their publishers, they’ve chronicled the little events.
Walking Carter's Road

by Beverly Keel

During the darkest days of the Great Depression, the Carter family never turned away any of the strangers, sometimes entire families, who showed up at their home in Plains, Ga., asking for food or water.
Poet of the Common Man

by Michael McCall

Alan Jackson chuckles when he describes his childhood as resembling the wholesome, close-knit family life depicted on the 1970s TV show The Waltons.
Pet Tales

by Hannah Wolfson

The bond between animals and people
Nuts Over Fruitcake!

by Karan M. Robinson

When the ovens crank up during the height of summer in Claxton, Ga., a sweet aroma of fruitcake wafts down the streets and around the corners.
Giving Back

by Pat Curry

Jim O'Hara beat cancer and now helps others fight back
Hometown Eateries

by Michael Nolan

Where food, not fanfare, is today's special
The Ride of a Lifetime

by Michael Nolan

The Great Race meanders across the nation, retracing westward trails of pioneers, cattle drives, and gold seekers, cruising America's mother road, Route 66.
Off the Beaten Path

by Alan Ross

This year’s 10 family getaways include peaceful state parks, a historic mining town-turned-artist colony, a space travel attraction, and the place where it all started for America nearly 400 years ago.
Reasons to be Thankful

by Stephen Leon Alligood

As the holiday turkey is served this Thanksgiving, for what do you find yourself thankful?
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