'A bridge to our history': Atlanta Eagle searches for path forward

'A bridge to our history': Atlanta Eagle searches for path forward

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The afternoon of March 19 is burned into Richard Ramey’s memory. As the owner of the Atlanta Eagle, one of the city’s oldest gay bars, he sobbed after listening to the radio news report that Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms signed an executive order closing certain businesses, including bars and nightclubs, to slow the spread of the coronavirus. “I’ll never forget it,” he said of hearing the news. “It’s no different than going into a job that you’ve worked at for 23 years and they say…

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