Archive Atlanta

This week were doing things a little different. I'm giving you a chance to hear one of my Patreon-exclusive mini-episodes about Atlanta's first public execution.
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From John Sullivan's visit to Atlanta in 1883 for a “scientific sparring exhibition” his second visit in 1893 and the governor sending the Volunteer Militia to chase out a boxing match in 1894...Atlanta has had a complicated relationship with boxing. This week, I am covering the places to watch a bout, who was putting on the show, how the Johnson-Jeffries fight affected Atlanta and I'll introduce you to Tiger Flowers, Atlanta's boxing legend.
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This week, we have a story about African American newspapers, but it’s so much more than paper and words. Behind each publication was a man with an agenda, with strong beliefs and usually a strong personality. By learning about black newspapers, we can learn about fascinating Atlantans. Throw in stories of editors being run out of the city and unsolved murders, and this is an episode you don’t want to miss.
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This week, I get to talk about my favorite thing in the whole world - books. Well, technically it’s about where we keep books...but it’s also a story of gender, power, race and access to information. Before the age of technology and the internet, books represented knowledge, and knowledge is power. Keeping that power away from people has been a tool used by the ruling party since the dawn of time. Libraries are a physical link to that power struggle and help us tell the story.
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Carnegie Library Atlanta: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=Photograph:%20ga0119&fi=number&op=PHRASE&va=exact&co%20=hh&st=gallery&sg%20=%20true
Atlanta University Carnegie Library: https://hbcudigitallibrary.auctr.edu/digital/collection/rwwl/id/88

If I gave you two words - Atlanta and mill town - and asked you the first thing that came to mind, I expect for most people it would be Cabbagetown. This week, I’m going to tell you about Atlanta’s other mill town. Tucked away at the edge of the city limits, on the banks of the Chattahoochee River. This is a story of Northern business, women in power, southern labor and how preservation can give us insights into life over a century ago.
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This week, I’m telling a love story - the love of two wheels with a motor, the love for risk and fear and the love that Atlantans had watching these men and their machines. It's a story of tracks, velodromes, motordromes and speedways, and the events that happened at these places.
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This week, we have a story about wealth and leisure, amateurs and professionals and how a popular game in the South came about and the iconic place it was played. 
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Many times, churches are the oldest or only surviving buildings in a community. By looking past their initial purpose, we can use location, building materials and even architecture to tell us more about the history of Atlanta and it's people. This week, I'm back to tackle Part II of Atlanta's churches. Stories not just about buildings, but also enslaved people, protesting nuns, church built by the Confederates, the owners of Stone Mountain and yes, even old yearbooks.
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This is a story about two men; one from the North, one from the South, one from humble beginnings and one from a prominent family. Both would shape the city of Atlanta at its infancy, changing the ways it’s citizens traveled and lived. Both names dot the streets and parks of Atlanta and one is rumored to be the inspiration for the infamous Rhett Butler. Listen this week to find out who they were!
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The Neighborhood Union was the first, female-led black social work organization in the city. Atlanta women led the charge to educate children, find them safe places to play, schools to learn in and ways to ensure everyone’s health and safety was a priority, so that they could then focus on lifting themselves and their neighborhoods out of poverty. AND this in an era of strict Victorian societal rules, racism and sexism. Their legacy in Atlanta still lives on, both in organizations and even a physical building...which I will tell you about in this episode!
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