Barbara Harris Combs and Katherine Hankins interview Aldon Morris about W. E. B. Du Bois’ twenty-three year career at Atlanta University in the early twentieth century. Read More
Adam Goldstein examines the redevelopment of East Lake Meadows in the 1990s and the more complicated history behind the boosterish myths about it. Read More
In this excerpt from his recent UGA press monograph The Grapevine of the Black South, Thomas Aiello recounts the origins of the Atlanta Daily World and the Scott Newspaper Syndicate. Read More
Clif Stratton examines how race shaped Atlanta’s historical efforts to memorialize the accomplishments of the home run king, Henry Aaron. Read More
Irene Holliman Way examines the role John Portman played in the re-development of downtown Atlanta during the 1960s and 1970s and the disparate impacts of his "private urban renewal" efforts. Read More
Josh Humphries and Kendra Taylor of the Office of Housing and Community Development explore how to understand neighborhood change in Atlanta relative to public investment, design goals and demographics. Read More
Joseph Hurley examines the "war" on dense neighborhoods with mixed residential and commercial land uses in mid-century Atlanta. Read More
LeeAnn Lands examines the role that Emmaus House played in anti-poverty activism in late 1960s and early 1970s Atlanta. Read More
Videos of a roundtable discussion about the diverse Afro-diasporic geographies of the Atlanta metropolitan region, moderated by Kali-Ahset Amen and including commentary from Asia Leeds, Mark Bilal King, Regine O. Jackson, Justin Hosbey, and Aretina Hamilton. Read More
Julia Brock, Teresa Bramlette Reeves, and Kirstie Tepper discuss the emergence of a new Atlanta art scene in the late 1970s and the central role that women played in it. Read More
In this excerpt from her recent UGA press monograph Diverging Space for Deviants: The Politics of Atlanta's Public Housing, Akira Drake Rodriguez examines the role of Black women in tenant association activism and their pursuit for social and spatial justice. Read More
Elisa Lanari examines the conflicting interpretations of suburban redevelopment in downtown Sandy Springs. Read More
