Stories

One way Atlanta History Center works to fulfill our mission of connecting people and culture with history is by serving as a headquarters for Fulton County 4-H.

Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow explores the African American struggle for full citizenship and racial equality that unfolded in the 50 years following the Civil War.

In advance of the 1996 Olympic Games, organizers in Atlanta worked to harness the power of new technologies to showcase the city as cutting edge and progressive—just as many host cities before them had done.

One of the 1996 Olympic Games’ polarizing feat of technology and design was the ‘96 Games’ mascot: Izzy.

Honoring the legacy of baseball player, racial equality activist, and historic home run record breaker, Hank Aaron.

For more than 150 years, unwavering young activists have taken up the torch and blazed their own trail through history.

Lady Bird Johnson’s focus during the White House years shifted the spotlight from herself onto something that concerned all Americans: the environment.

The Mary Howard Gilbert Memorial Quarry Garden brims with Georgia’s native flora due to the careful consideration of Mr. Cline.

Microscope used by Dr. Charles Shepard at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.

The American Chestnut was so much a part of the American landscape for an estimated 40 million years, was made functionally extinct in forty. Atlanta History Center is looking to repair that.

Atlanta’s history of influential and entrepreneurial women includes Adelle Bartlett Harper, the first woman to own and operate a florist shop in Atlanta in 1921.

Preserving history is never easy—it’s a complicated decision whether to leave fragile historical artifacts in place, or to move them for preservation and public access.

Atlanta’s Games included legendary athletes, intense rivalries, and exciting underdogs. We’ve collected a few of our favorites from the summer of ‘96.

For a brief and tumultuous few weeks in 1946 and 1947, Georgia had three governors. What followed is the stuff of political legend.