The paintings honoring the Black boys and girls will be displayed in an exhibit at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Interest in the murders has risen partly because of the popular podcast Atlanta Monsters and Mindhunter on Netflix.
Tayari Jones, the author of New York Times bestseller Leaving Atlanta, described the deaths in her novel.
Toni Cade Bambaras novel Those Bones Are Not My Child, which also details the childrens deaths, was reportedly edited by the late Toni Morrison.
Although many of the cases remain unsolved, Wayne Williams has been accused of committing the murders. He is serving a life sentence for killing two adults, although he was never tried for the deaths of the children.
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