Call for proposals for the eighth annual Atlanta Studies symposium on May 26, 2021. Read More
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a Black man living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was killed by a white police officer, triggering what may have been the largest mass movement in U.S. history with between 15 and 26 million Americans participating, forcing a reexamination of the urban governance strategy known as, "The Atlanta Way." Read More
How do immigrant stories impact perceptions of immigrant experiences in a major-emerging immigrant gateway such as Atlanta? From 2016 to... 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
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
Marni Davis interviews new editorial board member, Daniel Horowitz García. Read More
Ben Miller, Executive Editor of Atlanta Studies, reflects on the journal as it enters its 10th year. Read More
A collection of Atlanta-based scholarship that was published elsewhere in 2020. Read More
Call for proposals for the eighth annual Atlanta Studies symposium on May 26, 2021. 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
Michael Camp recounts John Lewis's stance in relation to the 1987 Mariel Cuban uprising in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. Read More
Max Blau and Todd Michney recount the 1960 bombing of a Black elementary school on English Avenue and explores how it refutes challenge the myth of Atlanta as an oasis from racist violence Read More
