Exhibitions

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

The exhibition More Than Self: Living the Vietnam War honors the service and sacrifice of the men and women of the Vietnam War by sharing their stories from more than 700 oral histories preserved in the Kenan Research Center’s Veterans History Project.

The carnage of war in Vietnam found its way into American living rooms on the nightly news. Many opposed funding what they believed was an unjust war that diverted resources from social, racial, and economic problems at home.

As reports that U.S. prisoners of war were being mistreated in North Vietnam began to circulate, many of their families led efforts to force the U.S. government to pressure the North Vietnamese to account for all prisoners and missing personnel, ensure appropriate treatment, and negotiate for their return.

African American students integrated Atlanta high schools on August 30, 1961.

Through the 1850s, Atlanta grew from a railroad junction to a burgeoning regional center.

Born and raised in segregated Atlanta, Martin Luther King, Jr. grew to be the leader of the modern Civil Rights Movement and was recognized worldwide for his campaign of nonviolent social change. In 1955, while a pastor in Montgomery, he began his struggle to end segregation.

Joel Chandler Harris gained international prominence for his volumes of Uncle Remus folktales.

Founded in 1913 as the Georgia School of Technology’s Evening School of Commerce, Georgia State University now offers more than 250 degree programs with 100 fields of study.

City leaders purchased Oakland Cemetery’s initial six acres in 1850 to be a public burial ground.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the federal agency responsible for public health and is headquartered adjacent to the campus of Emory University.

Ivan Allen Jr. served as mayor of Atlanta from 1962 to 1970, bringing significant economic growth and providing pivotal leadership during the turbulent years of the Civil Rights Movement.

Andrew Young came to Atlanta in 1961 to work with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) after serving as a pastor in Thomasville and leading voter registration drives.

In 1919, Ernest Woodruff led a group of investors in purchasing the Coca-Cola Company from Asa Candler.