John Lewis’s Forgotten Fight: The Mariel Cubans in Atlanta
Michael Camp recounts John Lewis's stance in relation to the 1987 Mariel Cuban uprising in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary....
29 January, 2021
Michael Camp recounts John Lewis's stance in relation to the 1987 Mariel Cuban uprising in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary....
A crowdsourced collection of Atlanta-based scholarship that was published elsewhere in 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....
Todd Michney introduces a vital new digital archive for local researchers and explains its unique features and value ...
Join the Red Rose Collection on October 9 at 7pm in Emory's Rose Library for a discussion about community and the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Atlanta ...
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....
Nedra Deadwyler reviews a book that explores the intersections of race, cycling and urban planning. ...
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...
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....
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. ...