Event – Atlanta Oral History Meetup
An Oct 1 meetup for people who are currently planning or working on oral history projects with and among communities of color or other under-represented communities in Atlanta....
17 September, 2019
Nedra Deadwyler – Whose Bike Lanes?: A Review of Bike Lanes Are White Lanes
Nedra Deadwyler reviews a book that explores the intersections of race, cycling and urban planning. ...
03 September, 2019
Joycelyn Wilson – Trap Memoirs and Atlanta Hip Hop Studies: A Review of The Autobiography of Gucci Mane
Joycelyn Wilson reviews Gucci Mane's autobiography with an eye towards what it might tell us about the narratives behind Atlanta's famed hip hop scene...
27 August, 2019
Kathryn Kolb – Seeing the Forest As Well As the Trees: A Review of Jill Jonnes’s Urban Forests
Kathryn Kolb reviews a new book about urban forests and highlights its relevance here in Atlanta...
20 August, 2019
Taylor Shelton & Ate Poorthuis – Rethinking the Geographies of Atlanta’s Neighborhood Planning Units
Taylor Shelton and Ate Poorthuis discuss their recent study of the geography of functional neighborhoods in Atlanta and how they correspond to the forty-year-old Neighborhood Planning Unit system....
13 August, 2019
Alana Barnes – A Pioneering Black Political Scientist and Legislator: Introducing the Robert A Holmes Collection
Alana Barnes discusses the Robert A. Holmes collection at the Auburn Avenue Research Library....
16 July, 2019
Casey P. Cater – Electrifying Race Relations: Atlanta’s Streetcars and the 1906 Race Riots
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. ...
14 May, 2019
Marni Davis – Georgia Avenue as Palimpsest
Marni Davis discusses her digital storytelling project about the rich history of Georgia Avenue ...
07 May, 2019
Rethinking Resilience at the 2019 Atlanta Studies Symposium
A recap of the 2019 Symposium hosted by Georgia Tech on April 9...
30 April, 2019
Alex Karner – MARTA Rebranding Rooted in a Racialized History of Public Transit
Alex Karner discusses MARTA's new branding "The ATL" and its connection to Atlanta's historical racial tensions....
23 April, 2019