The Atlanta Studies Network is a co-sponsor of the forthcoming symposium “Still the ‘Black Mecca’? Race, Social Inequality, & Urban Displacement in 21st-Century Atlanta” on Wednesday, November 9 from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the Georgia State University Law School Ballroom. Read More
Maurice J. Hobson discusses the new hit FX show Atlanta and the largely unseen side of Black Atlanta that it reveals. Read More
Atlanta Studies mourns the passing of Dana F. White, a member of our advisory board and a leading teacher, scholar and public intellectual of the Atlanta metropolitan region. Read More
Marni Davis on the closure of the Open Door Community and the role it has played homeless Atlantans. Read More
An interview with Chris Appleton on arts and activism in contemporary Atlanta. Read More
Marni Davis introduces the newest element of the Atlanta Studies Network, our pedagogically-oriented partner site Teaching Atlanta Read More
Introducing a series of guest blog posts about homelessness and South Downtown today to complement Charles Steffen's article "The Rise and Fall of Atlanta's Skid Row" Read More
Deirdre Oakley discusses the persistent issues of homelessness in Atlanta since the 1980s and the recent attempts to close the Peachtree-Pine shelter. Read More
An interview with Morgan Carlisle on arts and activism in contemporary Atlanta Read More
Mike Pardee discusses The Lovett School's innovative "Lab Atlanta" program Read More
Darin Givens of ThreadATL reflects on the conflicting perceptions of contemporary South Downtown’s potential. Read More
Adam P. Newman re-examines the tradition of Rich's Great Tree in South Downtown in light of the skid row that surrounded the spectacle of grace each holiday season in the 1960s through the 1980s. Read More