Atlanta - City

Though the story of the Atlanta Crackers is well-known, for years, the story of the Atlanta Black Crackers was largely untold.

Atlanta Mayor-elect Maynard Jackson makes a speech on election night on October 3, 1973 at the Sheraton-Biltmore Hotel in Midtown.

A group of anonymous teens fish in Piedmont Park, ca. 1970.

Friends hanging out on a Midtown front porch, ca. 1970.

Building housing the plant and botany exhibitions at the 1895 Cotton States Exposition in Piedmont Park.

The sons of Atlanta Fire Chief Walthal Robertson Joyner pose as tiny firemen in front of the city’s Fire Department headquarters in 1897. From left to right, they are Ralph Joyner, Harry Joynerr, and Walthal R. Joyner, Jr. (also known as Cap).

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.

Atlanta is known for its diversity of neighborhoods, both historic and contemporary.