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The Disposable Olympics Meets the City of Hype By Preston Quesenberry Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996 pp. 3-14 Not since the height of the Civil Rights movement have the Southern states, and Atlanta in particular, received as much extended media
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Assessing the Olympic Legacy By Charles Rutheiser Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996 pp. 16-19 Compared to the massive displacements that accompanied the Olympics in Seoul (1988) and Barcelona (1992) , the demolitions and removals occasioned by the 1996 Centennial Games
Organized Labor and the Olympics By Stewart Acuff Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996 pp. 19-20 On September 18, 1992 the Olympic Flag arrived in Atlanta from Barcelona, Spain signifying the transfer of the Olympic Movement, the Olympic Spirit, and the
Passing the Torch, Torching the Past By Barry E. Lee Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996 pp. 21-22 Known as many things since its founding in 1837–a city resurrected from the ashes of the Civil War to lead the South in
Remembering Another Atlanta: Gate City By Julian Bond Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996 pp. 22-24 “South–that part of the United States south of Mason’s and Dixon’s line, the Ohio River, and the southern boundaries of Missouri and Kansas.” (Webster’s New
Contours of the Color Line Reviewed by Cliff Kuhn Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996 pp. 26-27 Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn: The Saga of Two Families and the Making of Atlanta by Gary M. Pomerantz. (Scribner’s, 1996, 550 pages). Race
A Modest Remedy Reviewed by Ellen Spears Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996 pp. 27-29 In Defense of Affirmative Action, by Barbara R. Bergmann (New Republic/Basic Books, 1996, 213 pages). “Before we gave up on integration, we should have tried it,”
Tilling the Ground for Change Reviewed by Matthew Lassiter Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996 Days of Hope: Race and Democracy in the New Deal Era, by Patricia Sullivan (University of North Carolina Press, 1996, 335 pages). The travails of Southern