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....
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. ...
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. ...
Steve Goodson explores Atlanta's pivotal role in the early history of recording country music ...