ATLANTA HISTORY
Websites
A collection of podcasts about various topics relating to the history of Atlanta
A blog on various topics relating to Atlanta history and development.
The 1906 Race Riot: An Explanatory Timeline
A site by the Coalition to Remember.
An Atlanta resource.
This site provides links as reminders of Atlanta’s railroading past.
A chronology of the history of Atlanta
Then-and-now photos of Atlanta over time, with postcards, advertisements and inks to other unique resources.
Barnard's Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign
George Barnard’s photographs of the Atlanta Campaign courtesy of the Digital Library of Georgia.
Century-Old Race Riot Still Resonates in Atlanta
Links to the National Public Radio story on the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot.
A quick history of Atlanta.
Walter White Recalls the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot.
The Cotton States and International Exposition
An introduction to the Cotton States International Exposition.
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Strike
This site provides an in depth look at the 1914-1915 strike.
History of the Atlanta Airport
Information courtesy of the Sunshine Skies web site detailing the history of the Atlanta Airport.
A detailed examination of the murder of Mary Phagan and the prosecution of Leo Frank, with links to photos and other material.
A link to the Georgia Public Broadcasting documentary film on Atlanta in the 1930s and 1940s.
The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games
A brief history of Atlanta’s streetcars.
Books
Atlanta and environs: a chronicle of it’s people and events (3 Volumes)
by Franklin M. Garrett GA R 975.81 GARRETT
Atlanta and the old South
by Wilbur G. Kurtz GA R 975.81 KURTZ
The Atlanta exposition
by Sharon Foster Jones GA R 975.8 JONES
The Atlanta race riot: race, class and violence in a New South city
by Gregory Mixon GA R 975.8231 MIXON
Atlanta then and now
by Michael Rose GA R 975.8231 ROSE
Black power in Dixie: a political history of African-Americans in Atlanta
by Alton Hornsby GA R 305.896 HORNSBY
Courage to dissent: Atlanta and the long history of the civil rights movement
by Tomiko Brown-Nagin GA R 342.73085 BROWN-NAGIN
The day Dixie died: the battle of Atlanta
by Gary L. Eclebarger GA R 973.737 ECLEBARGER
Gay and lesbian Atlanta
by Wesley Chenault GA R 975.823 CHENAULT
Highbrows, hillbillies and hellfire: public entertainment in Atlanta, 1880-1930
by Steve Goodson GA R 791 GOODSON
Historic photos of Atlanta
by Michael Rose GA R 975.8231 ROSE
Hope and danger in a New South city: working-class women and urban development in Atlanta, 1890-1940
by Georgina Hickey GA R 305 HICKEY
It happened in Atlanta: remarkable events that shaped history
by John McKay GA R 975.8231 MCKAY
Pickin’ on Peachtree: a history of country music in Atlanta, Georgia
by Wayne Daniel GA R 781.642 DANIEL
Sacred places: a guide to civil rights sites in Atlanta
by Harry G. Lefever GA R 323.1196 LEFEVER
Secret Yankees: the Union circle in Confederate Atlanta
by Thomas G. Dyer GA R 973.741 DYER
A short history of black Atlanta
by Alton Hornsby GA R 975.8231 HORNSBY
Strangers in the city: the Atlanta Chinese, their community and stories of their lives
by Jianli Zhao GA R 975.8 ZHAO
Strangers within the Gate City: the Jews of Atlanta, 1845-1915
by Steven Hertzberg GA R 301.45296 HERTZBERG
Women in Atlanta
by Stacy Catron-Sullivan GA R 305.409758 CATRON-SULLIVAN
White flight: Atlanta and the making of modern conservatism
Kevin Michael Kruse GA R 305.8 KRUSE
World War II in Atlanta
by Paul Crater GA R 975.8231 CRATER
Organizations & Research Facilities
130 West Paces Ferry Rd., NW Atlanta, GA 30305
(404) 814-4000
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture & History
101 Auburn Avenue, NE
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 730-4001
Atlanta Preservation Center, Inc.
327 St Paul Ave., SE
Atlanta, GA 30312
(404) 688-3353
Georgia State University Library Special Collections and Archives
100 Decatur Street, Southeast
8th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 413-2880
Museum of African American fine art
503 Peeples St., SW
Atlanta, GA 30310
(404) 612-0500
Home of Alonzo Franklin Herndon
587 University Pl., NW
Atlanta, GA 30314
(404) 581-9813
2238 Perkerson Rd., S.W.
Manuscript, Archives, & Rare Book Library (MARBL)
Robert Woodruff Library
Emory University
540 Asbury Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322
(404)727-6887
990 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309
(404) 249-7015
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
449 Auburn Avenue, NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30312
(404) 526-8900
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site
450 Auburn Avenue, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30312
(404) 331-5190
National Center for Civil and Human Rights
100 Ivan Allen Jr Blvd
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 991-6970
248 Oakland Ave, SE
Atlanta, GA 30312
404-688-2107
Robert W. Woodruff Library Archives Research Center
Atlanta University Center
111 James P. Brawley Dr., SW Atlanta, GA 30314
(404) 978-2052
William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
1440 Spring St., NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
(678) 222-3700
Joel Chandler Harris House
1050 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd. Atlanta, GA 30310
(404) 753-7735