Changing Atlanta 1950-1999: The Challenges of a Growing Southern Metropolis
Curated by Erica Bruchko, W. Michael Camp, Louis Fagnan, Kristin Morgan, and Laura Starratt, the exhibition will illuminate how Atlanta citizens confronted the trials of a rapidly evolving metropolis during the second half of the 20th century. It will focus on four areas:
- The end of the county-unit political system in Georgia and the revitalization of the state Republican Party;
- How Georgia responded to the federal mandate to integrate the public schools;
- The effect of advocacy in social planning; and
- The involvement of neighborhood associations.
“Many of the topics that we address in this exhibition are ones that are still being discussed in Atlanta,” says Starratt, who is also a manuscript archivist in the Rose Library.
Related Events
April 12, 2016 (Tuesday), 6:30 p.m. “Changing Atlanta: Politics and Civic Engagement,” a panel discussion with curators in the Jones Room, level 3 of the Robert W. Woodruff Library
Learn More
Druid Hills Civic Association records
Community Council of the Atlanta Area records
Visitor Information
The exhibit is located in the Robert W. Woodruff Library on level 3. Parking is available in the Fishburne Parking Deck (Weekdays: free after 5pm, Weekends: free). "Visitors" hours at the Robert W. Woodruff Library are posted here.
For more information, email: library.exhibitions@emory.edu