Atlanta Studies Blog

Beth Stephens and Blake Davis – Mapping Title Lending and Poverty on ATLMaps

Beth Stevens and Blake Davis describe how Georgia Watch is using the ATLMaps platform to visualize the geography of title lending in Georgia...

18 September, 2018

Joseph M. Thompson – The Scripto Strikes: James V. Carmichael and Black Women’s Labor Organizing in Downtown Atlanta

Joseph M. Thompson discusses the long history of black women's labor organizing at the downtown Scripto factory prior to the famous 1963 strike...

04 September, 2018

Environmental Permanence in New South Atlanta: An Interview with William D. Bryan

An interview with William D. Bryan about his new book "The Price of Permanence: Nature and Business in the New South" and it's relevance to Atlanta. ...

28 August, 2018

Jerry Shannon – From Food Deserts to Supermarket Redlining: Making sense of food access in Atlanta

Jerry Shannon discusses food insecurity and supermarket redlining in the metro Atlanta area....

14 August, 2018

Joe Hurley – Reassessing Urban Renewal in Atlanta and Beyond: A Review of Renewing Inequality

Joe Hurley reviews the new "Renewing Inequality" digital project with an eye to what it tells us about urban renewal in Atlanta...

07 August, 2018

Summer 2018 Atlanta Studies Meetup

Join us at Manuel's Tavern on Tuesday, August 7 at 7pm for our Summer Quarterly Meetup...

24 July, 2018

Gayle Schechter – “An oasis in the Southern desert”: AUC’s GLAM Center Brings the Art and History of the Atlanta University Art Annuals Online

Gayle Schechter discusses the AUC Woodruff Library's new GLAM portal for digital resources and its current featured collection on the Atlanta University Art Annuals ...

17 July, 2018