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Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · Aug 19

Check out our latest note from GSU librarian Bryan Sinclair on the recently published online exhibit “The Elevated City”, which explores the various ways Atlanta city leaders, designers and engineers have sought to raise the city about street level over time.

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Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · Aug 6

In this excerpt from his new book, Augustus Wood examines one chapter in the long-neglected history of Atlanta's Black working class, telling the story of strikes against unjust labor practices and housing conditions by working class Black women in the 1970s

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Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · Jul 24

In this excerpt from his book “America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy”, Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar reframes the politics of early 1970s Atlanta around what he calls Afro-self-determinism.

Give it a read 👇👇

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Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · Jul 2

We’re delighted to share our latest article, an excerpt from Hannah Palmer’s latest book “The Pool is Closed”. As she writes in the introduction, this piece “feels like the emotional heart of my book and it isn’t even about pools.”

Check it out 👇👇
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Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · Jun 6

We look forward to having an excerpt of Augustus Wood's new book on "Class Struggle in Black Atlanta" featured on ATLS in the coming months!

Michael Leo Owens @milophd.bsky.social · Jun 6

This book sounds so good @uncpress.bsky.social! I truly hope it expands our understanding of the urban political economy of Atlanta. c: @atlstudies.bsky.social

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Class Warfare in Black Atlanta | Augustus Wood | University of North Carolina Press

Between 1966 and 2015, the city of Atlanta was transformed. In the late 1960s, Black politicians ascended to the top of the power structure for the first tim...

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Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · May 27

Be sure to check out Morehouse professor Keith Hollingsworth's new article in ATLS, providing new evidence about the perseverance - and growth - of Atlanta's Black business community in the wake of the city's infamous 1906 race massacre.

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austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · May 15

How would @archiveatlanta.bsky.social fix Atlanta?

Looking to our past can help us better solve our current problems—especially since we've had many of the same issues since 1837.

It's time for Atlanta to hire an official historian.

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Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · May 15

Anyone out there want to write a review of this new book for Atlanta Studies and connect the legacy of Angelo Herndon's case to the present day? Let us know!

You Can't Kill a Man Because of the Books He Reads

The story of a young, Black Communist Party organizer wrongly convicted of attempting to incite insurrection and the landmark case that made him a civil rights hero., You Can't Kill a Man Because of t...

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Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · Apr 25

Don't forget to register for next week's 12th Annual Atlanta Studies Symposium! We hope to see you at Morehouse on May 2nd!

Program: atlantastudies.org/2025/04/08/a...

Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Dez Miller @dezmiller.bsky.social · Apr 22

It means a lot to me that this piece—which I originally wrote as a preface to my dissertation—found a home in @atlstudies.bsky.social

Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · Apr 22

Check out our latest article by @dezmiller.bsky.social, a personal account of their experiences with the movement to Stop Cop City and learning to engage with the forests, creeks and streams around which Atlanta was built.

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Andrew J Douglas @ajdouglas.bsky.social · Apr 22

“Calling it Weelaunee signals the utopic visioning of the Stop Cop City movement, which refuses a forward march of history that erodes commons and public spaces and treats any resource, like the Weelaunee River, as a tool for the state or for corporations.”

Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · Apr 22

Check out our latest article by @dezmiller.bsky.social, a personal account of their experiences with the movement to Stop Cop City and learning to engage with the forests, creeks and streams around which Atlanta was built.

atlantastudies.org/2025/04/22/w...

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Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · Apr 22

Check out our latest article by @dezmiller.bsky.social, a personal account of their experiences with the movement to Stop Cop City and learning to engage with the forests, creeks and streams around which Atlanta was built.

atlantastudies.org/2025/04/22/w...

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Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · Apr 8

📣 We are excited to announce the program for the 12th Annual Atlanta Studies Symposium, to be held May 2, 2025 at Morehouse College!

Be sure to check out all the awesome sessions we have planned and register for the symposium at the link below!

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Decorative Flyer for the 12th Annual Atlanta Studies Symposium

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · Apr 4

Great piece by Andy Walter, & this map of ticket buyers is pretty much map of affluent "favored quarter" of Atlanta metro, where local government, homeowners, & developers have worked to maintain and reinforce exclusion through "displace-and-replace" redevelopment, among other practices. #RedHotCity

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Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · Apr 4

In honor of tonight's home opener for the Atlanta Braves, revisit Andy Walter’s ATLS classic “Mapping Braves Country” to learn more about how the Braves used maps to justify their move out of Atlanta's urban core and into to the suburbs of Cobb County

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Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · Mar 20

Don't miss 2025's Night of Ideas next Saturday, March 29th at The Goat Farm!

Hosted by Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education, Atlanta’s edition will question how we live in cities and embrace the diversity of worlds.

Registration is free, but required!

Atlanta - Night of Ideas

Centered around the theme of “Common Ground”, the 2025 edition of Atlanta's Night of Ideas will question how we live in cities and embrace the diversity of worlds.

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Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · Feb 20

Take a step back in time to the streetscapes of south downtown in the late 1920s with GSU librarian Bryan Sinclair's new piece, which highlights archival images held by the GSU Library that were stitched together to show these streets prior to their elevation

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Archival image of a downtown Atlanta street being prepared for elevation as part of the city's 1920s viaduct system

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Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · Feb 18

We're also excited to publicly announce the appointment of Taylor Shelton @jtsphd.bsky.social as the new executive editor of Atlanta Studies!

You can read Taylor's editorial introduction and more about his vision for Atlanta Studies at the link below 👇

Editor’s Note: A Call and a Commitment

On this 10th anniversary of the journal’s launch, I want to make a call and a commitment: a call for more engagement with the local; a call for more of the deep, thoughtful analysis of the city’s past...

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Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · Feb 18

With just a couple of days delay, we are so excited to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Atlanta Studies by launching our new website! 🎂🎉🥳

A huge thanks goes out to Bailey Betik of @ecds-emory.bsky.social for her work in leading the redesign and providing the journal with a new look and feel

Screenshot of the new design for the Atlanta Studies website

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Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · Feb 10

Hannah Palmer is a writer and artist from Atlanta’s Southside who will deliver our other keynote address. A longtime friend of Atlanta Studies, Hannah’s latest book “The Pool Is Closed: Segregation, Summertime, and the Search for a Place to Swim” was published this past fall by LSU Press.

Hannah Palmer is a writer and artist from the Southside of Atlanta. Through essays, memoir, and public art projects, she explores how hidden histories and wildness shape our lives in the urban landscape. Her memoir Flight Path: A Search for Roots beneath the World's Busiest Airport (Hub City Press, 2017) was included on Atlanta Magazine’s list of “essential books that explain today’s Atlanta.” Palmer’s newest book, The Pool Is Closed: Segregation, Summertime, and the Search for a Place to Swim was published by LSU Press in October 2024.

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Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · Feb 10

Dr. Jeffrey Ogbar, professor of history at the University of Connecticut, will deliver the annual Cliff Kuhn Memorial Lecture. Dr. Ogbar is a Morehouse alum and author of the recent book "America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy”.

Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar is Professor of History and the founding Director of the Center for the Study of Popular Music at the University of Connecticut. He is author or editor of six books, most recently America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy (Basic Books, 2023). He received his B.A. in history from Morehouse College and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in history from Indiana University.

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Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · Feb 10

We are excited to announce the two keynote speakers for this year’s Atlanta Studies Symposium, to be held May 2nd at Morehouse College...

Dr. Jeffrey Ogbar and Hannah Palmer!

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Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · Jan 25

📣 DEADLINE EXTENDED 🙏

Abstract submissions for the 12th Annual Atlanta Studies Symposium are now being accepted through February 14th!

If you weren't already able to get your submission in, be sure not to miss the opportunity to submit by the extended deadline!

CFP for Atlanta Studies Symposium 2025

Call for Proposals 12th Annual Atlanta Studies Symposium From Diaries to Data: The Unfolding Stories of Atlanta May 2, 2025 Morehouse College Shirley Massey Executive Conference Center ...

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Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · Jan 21

🚨 Don't forget that abstracts for the 12th Annual Atlanta Studies Symposium are due this Friday, January 24th! 🚨 Be sure to submit before it's too late!

CFP for Atlanta Studies Symposium 2025

Call for Proposals 12th Annual Atlanta Studies Symposium From Diaries to Data: The Unfolding Stories of Atlanta May 2, 2025 Morehouse College Shirley Massey Executive Conference Center ...

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Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social · Dec 19

Haven't kept up-to-date on all the Atlanta-based scholarship of the last year? We've got you covered.

Check out our 2024 Atlanta scholarship round-up for all the books, articles, theses and dissertations about Atlanta from this year! 👇👇

Scholarship on Atlanta: 2024 Round Up

A collection of Atlanta-based scholarship published in 2024.

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