Atlanta's Charis Books and More: Histories of a Feminist Space
Introduction Atlanta's feminist bookstore, Charis Books and More, founded in November 1974, remains a central fixture of Atlanta's Little Five Points, a revitalized inner-city business district that spills over into...
Segregationists, Libertarians, and the Modern "School Choice" Movement
...High School for the Sibley Commission's hearing on school desegregation, Atlanta, Georgia, March 23, 1960. Photograph by unknown creator. Originally published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Courtesy of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution...
Marching for Gay Rights in Atlanta, 1971: An Excerpt from A Night at the Sweet Gum Head
...be accepted, or at least tolerated. Atlanta Gay Rights Alliance and others leading the Pride parade, Atlanta, Georgia, June 27, 1977. Atlanta-Journal Constitution courtesy of Georgia State University Library. Even...
"The Emblem of North American Fraternity": Opossums and Jim Crow Politics
...meeting place of men famous in Georgia affairs." Notable patrons included politician and former Confederate general Robert Toombs; former Atlanta mayor Captain J.W. English; and Atlanta Constitution editors Henry Grady...
New Patterns of Segregation: Latino and African American Students in Metro Atlanta High Schools
...occurred in Metro Atlanta, including Gwinnett County (up 215%) and Cobb County (up 159%).5US Bureau of the Census 2000. Changing Faces in Public Schools Many Metro Atlanta public schools are...
Discursive Memorials: Queer Histories in Atlanta's Public Spaces
...new memories based on Atlanta's LGBTQ past. Watch video of Memory Flash courtesy of the G Channel. Map of John Q discursive memorial sites, Atlanta, Georgia, 2010. Printable version. Click...
African Americans in Atlanta: Community Building in a New South City
...Clark, Spelman, Morehouse, and Morris Brown colleges and Atlanta University. Atlanta had become a regional center for Black higher education. When Booker T. Washington delivered his "Atlanta Compromise" speech at...
A City Divided
...racially homogeneous park-neighborhoods such as Ansley Park and Druid Hills, marked a turn toward an Atlanta increasingly characterized by residential segregation. Library of Congress, Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia, 1907. A...
African Americans in Atlanta: Adrienne Herndon, an Uncommon Woman
...She was furthering her drama studies and was also escaping Atlanta, a city that had just undergone the worst racial violence in Georgia. In the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906,...
Emory University Team Launches Mobile Tour App for Historic Battle of Atlanta Sites
Confederate and Union troops in close combat, Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama, Atlanta, Georgia, 1886. Painting by the Atlanta Panorama Company. As the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Atlanta approaches,...