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ATLANTA GUIDE

WELCOME TO ATLANTA, GEORGIA

A special inspiration to African Americans, Atlanta vaulted into the league of international travel destinations during the 1996 Olympics, sporting a world-class airport, freeway and transit infrastructure, trend-setting restaurants ... More

RESTAURANTS and NIGHTCLUBS
Its the South, so you expect good Soul food restaurants. Atlanta delivers that and much more. Then there's the trend-setting nightclubs ... More

CULTURAL SITES
Martin Luther King, Jr. Visitor Center, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture & History, Spelman, Morehouse, Clark-Atlanta, APEX Museum and True Colors Theatre Company ... More

SHOPS and GALLERIES
Atlanta has seen many distinctive black-owned boutiques come and go, but Gems of Africa and Shrine of the Black Madonna Bookstore keep holding down ... More

PLACES OF WORSHIP
Many Atlanta churches are attractions in their own right such as Old Ebenezer Baptist, New Ebenezer Baptist, Big Bethel AME, Butler Street CME, Wheat Street Baptist, World Changers Ministry, New Birth Missionary Baptist ... More

HISTORIC SITES

Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non-violent Social Change, Martin Luther King, Jr. Birth Home, Atlanta Life Insurance, 100 Black Men of America, Citizens Trust Bank, Herndon Building, Butler Street YMCA, Herndon Home ... More

BLACK GENESIS

On land once belonging to Creek and Cherokee Indians, in 1812 the first European Americans settled in Fort Peachtree, bringing enslaved persons of African descent with them ... More

AUBURN AVENUE
“Sweet Auburn” and “The Avenue” were the affectionate names given to the one-mile long, two-block-wide corridor near the heart of downtown. During its heyday, Auburn Avenue was a Mecca for Black Atlantans ... More

A Hip-Hop view of Atlanta

FROM CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT TO POWER SHARING
Even in 1960, Jim Crow was still a harsh fact of life. There were many "Whites Only" and "Colored Only" signs in the South, including Atlanta. You wouldn't even think about living in areas where Black Atlantans now park their Jaguar, Benz ... More

HIP-HOP and NEO-SOUL
Atlanta rivals New York and Los Angeles as a recording center of the Hip-Hop industry such as Babyface, LA Reid, Jermaine Dupri ... More

SOUL FOOD TRADITION
Atlanta has a charming, well-deserved reputation as a Capital of Soul Food. While many of Atlanta’s renown Soul Food restaurants closed over the years, some remain and have been joined by upscale Soul Food bistros ... More

GENERAL ATTRACTIONS

Underground Atlanta features unique shopping, dining and nightlife complex in the city’s historic railroad depot surrounded by original downtown storefronts with ornate marble, granite archways, and decorative brickwork ... More

ART and HISTORY MUSEUMS

Jimmy Carter Library & Museum, Atlanta History Center, High Museum of Art, Museum of Design Atlanta, Wren's Nest Museum and Callanwolde Fine Arts ... More

FAMILY ATTRACTIONS

Atlanta has taken a major leap forward in its family attractions with the addition of Georgia Aquarium, IMAGINE IT! Children's Museum of Atlanta, and World of Coca Cola located across from CNN Center ... More

TRIVIA and FAMOUS RESIDENTS
With the 1996 Olympics as a catalyst, Atlanta became the 2nd best-wired city in America ... More

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RESEARCH CREDITS:
Kalin Thomas
Sheila Umolu
Thomas Dorsey

Lenny Dorsey
Calvin Young

ATLANTA GUIDE

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