Jasper “Jack” Smith – Atlanta’s Quaintest Character

MARTA–Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority–is Atlanta’s subway system. When a passenger walks out of the southwest exit of the Peachtree Center MARTA station,…
Historic people in the history of Atlanta. Catch up on notorious, famous and regular people from Atlanta history.
MARTA–Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority–is Atlanta’s subway system. When a passenger walks out of the southwest exit of the Peachtree Center MARTA station,…
This is the fourth article in a series about the Todd Family, who were among the first European-American settlers in…
Our Past Pictures Series examines a string of images from the history of Atlanta. For this edition we look at…
“We were down at the station at a little before midnight,” said William Fisher, a chorus member of the New…
He was there when Atlanta’s first television station turned on the transmitter in September of 1948, reaching an estimated 500…
Was Joel Chandler Harris a progressive that cleverly subverted white power and racism or an anthropological thief that profited from…
“Some day the good Lord will bring this back to your face,” George Thomas said. “You can’t beat the law.”…
She was young, white and missing; sadly all of the requirements for mainstream media attention in 1941 Atlanta. When Mildred…
It was the late evening of April 23rd, 1935 when a well dressed couple stepped down the stone walkway that…
In honor of college football on this beautiful Saturday, pictured here is Clint Castleberry (born October 10th, 1923), who in…