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Black Women at the Fore: Perry Homes and the Transformation of Tenant Activism in 1960s Atlanta

Akira Drake Rodriguez·May 26, 2021
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
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Atlanta, the Scott Family, and the Creation of a Media Empire

Thomas Aiello·December 18, 2018
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
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Lockheed-Georgia and the Struggle for Racial Integration in the Workplace

Randall L. Patton·November 5, 2019
In this excerpt from his University of Georgia Press monograph, Randall L. Patton explores the experiences of African American workers at Lockheed-Georgia in the 1950s and how their frustrations eventually resulted in the creation of a new federal policy for workplace integration in the 1960s. Read More
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Black Women Politicians in the Archives

Brittany Newberry·May 22, 2018
Brittany Newberry discusses the newly opened Grace Towns Hamilton papers at the AUC Woodruff Library Read More
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Electrifying Race Relations: Atlanta’s Streetcars and the 1906 Race Riots

Casey P. Cater·May 14, 2019
In this excerpt from his new book Regenerating Dixie: Electric Energy and the Modern South, Casey Cater discusses the racial conflicts on the city's streetcars that were part of the lead up to the infamous 1906 race riots. Read More
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“the Nashville of its day”: Recalling the Origins of Recorded Country Music in 1920s Atlanta

Steve Goodson·August 9, 2017
Steve Goodson explores Atlanta's pivotal role in the early history of recording country music Read More
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