index

Note: Illustrations are indicated by page numbers in italics.

A

Aaron, Hank, 57

Abernathy, Ralph David, 66, 77, 147

Abrams, Stacey, 102

Agnes Scott College, 87

Ali, Muhammad, 116

Allen, Ivan, Jr., 108, 163, 164, 167

Alpin, Harry S., 124

Amos, Moses, 57, 89, 104

Archibong, Natalyn, 102

Atlanta BeltLine, 176, 178, 179, 186–189, 187

Atlanta Benevolent and Protective Association, 144

Atlanta Civic and Political League, 83, 98

Atlanta Compromise, 26, 192

Atlanta Daily World Building, 123–129, 126, 128

Atlanta Life Insurance Company, 134–137, 136

Atlanta Massacre, 26, 135, 176, 192–193

Atlanta Negro Voters League, 84

Atlanta Nine, 126

Atlanta Student Movement, 125

Auburn Avenue, 1

Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, 105, 142, 148–150, 149, 151

 

B

Bailey’s Royal Theatre, 89

Baker, Ella Josephine, 67–68, 77

Ball, Jennifer, 99

Balzer, Bill, 168

Balzer, Peg, 168

Barber, Jesse Max, 25, 26

BeltLine, 176, 178, 179, 186–189, 187

Bethune, Mary McLeod, 98

Bevel, James, 77

Big Bethel AME Church, 19, 22, 30, 83, 95–98, 97, 98, 124, 198

Biltmore, 165

Birth Home Block, 12–37

Blayton, Jesse B., 79

Bloody Sunday, 70

Bond, Julian, 57, 139

Booker T. Washington High School, 19–20, 83, 125, 143

Borders, Julia Pate, 63–64

Borders, William Holmes, 57

Borders, William Holmes, Sr., 62–63, 64

Bowen, Ariel Serena Hedges, 57

Bowen, Edward, 72

Bowen, John W. E., Sr., 25

Brandon, J. S., 60, 106

Bridge, Edmund Pettus, 70

Browder v. Gayle, 66

Brown, A. Ten Eyck, 155

Bryant, Caroline Moore, 24

Bryant, Inman, 24

Bryant, Peter James, 24–25, 26–27, 60–61, 64, 144

Bryant, Sylvia, 26–27

Bryant-Graves House, 24–29, 27

Butler, Henry, Jr., 104–105

Butler, Henry Rutherford, 103–104

Butler, Selena Sloan, 103, 104–105

Butler Street Community Development Corporation, 102

Butler Street YMCA, 6, 21, 30, 40, 60, 103–110, 105, 109, 111

Buttrick Hall, 87

Butts, June Dobbs, 77, 83

 

C

Candler, Asa G., 162

Candler, William, 165

Carnegie, Andrew, 148

Carter, Jimmy, 42, 98

Cary, Alice Dugged, 148

Centennial Hall, 143–147, 144

Central Atlanta Progress, 101, 102

Charles Lincoln Harper House, 17–20, 18

Citizens Trust Bank, 117–122, 118, 121, 122

Civil Rights Act of 1964, 1, 32, 37, 70, 108, 121, 139, 163, 168, 180

Clark, Septima, 77

Clark Atlanta University, 107

Clinton, Bill, 65, 90, 98, 106

Club Poinciana, 127–128

Coca-Cola, 160–163, 161

Combs, John, 1

Combs, Laura Lavinia, 1, 2

convict leasing, 36

Cook, Samuel DuBois, 150

Cornish, Samuel, 25

Cotton, Dorothy, 77

Count Basie Orchestra, 127

Cox, Allen, 51

Cox, Charles, 51

Cox, Emily S., 51

Cox Brothers Funeral Home, 1, 51–57, 52, 54–55, 57

Creek people, 186

Crusade for Citizenship, 68

Crystal Palace, 135

Cunningham, Carrie, 57, 114

Curb Market, 154, 155–157, 158–159, 198

 

D

Davis, Benjamin Jefferson, Sr., 86–87

Davis, Jefferson, 28

Davis, Nellie L., 96

de Forest, Ricci, 79–80

Dinkins, David, 131

Dinkler, Carling, 165

District V (Girl Scout troupe), 124–126

Dixie Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plant, 160–163, 161

Dixon, Claude, 219

Dobbs, Irene Thompson, 57

Dobbs, John Wesley, 57, 71, 77, 81, 83, 84, 85, 98, 124, 131, 132, 138

Dobbs, Mattiwilda. See Janzon, Mattiwilda Dobbs

Dobbs Plaza, 81–85, 82, 85

Dortch, Thomas W., Jr., 132

Downtown Connector, 178, 184

Drexel, Katharine, 44

Driskell, Mabel, 124

Driver, Edward, 72

Du Bois, W. E. B., 26, 135, 140

Dugas, H. C., 117

Dupuy, Ben, 129

 

E

Ebenezer Baptist Church, 15, 27, 46, 47–50, 49, 50, 119

Edgewood Avenue, 35

Edison, Thomas, 88

education, 18–19, 27–28

Edwards, William Augustus, 87

Elkins, Willie T., 218

English, James W., 60

Evers, Medgar, 139

Ezzard, William, 29

 

F

Farmer, James, Jr., 69

Farokhi, Amir, 102

Farris, Christine King, 40, 193

Ferguson, Thomas J., 117

Fire Station No. 6, 34–37, 35, 37

Flatiron Building, 4

Fletcher, Jai, 58

Flipper, Joseph S., 98

Ford, Henry, II, 42

Fourth Ward. See Old Fourth Ward

Fowlkes, William A., 107

Franklin, Aretha, 116

Franklin, Shirley, 172

Frazier, Walt, 106

Freedom Rides, 69, 101, 139

Freedom’s Journal (newspaper), 25

 

G

Gate City Public School, 27–28

Georgia State, 143–147, 144

Georgia Teachers and Education Association, 20

Gibson, Jack, 79

Gillespie, Jessie, 137

Girl Scouts, 124–126, 200

Gold Dust Twins and the Atlanta Life Local Branch, 91–94, 92, 94

Goldston, Nathaniel, III, 131, 132

Goodman, Benny, 128

Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, 86–87

Gravel, Ryan, 188

Graves, Antoine, 27–28

Graves, Catherine Webb, 29

Gray Ladies, 105

Great Fire of Atlanta, 34–35, 61, 95, 155, 176

Great Society, 120

Green, James W., 130

 

H

Hall, Annette, Lucille, 145

Hall, Prince, 76

Hall, William, 76

Hamilton, Alexander, 21–22

Hamilton, Alexander D., 21, 22–23, 30, 106

Hamilton Howell House, 21–23, 22–23

Hammond, John, 127

Harper, Charles Lincoln, 17–20, 57, 83

Harris, Michael Neely, 64

Hartsfield, William B., 84, 107

Hatcher, Andrew, 132

Hayling, William, 131

Heaven Bound (Jones and Davis), 96

Helmick, Ralph, 81

Hemphill, Winifred Watts, 57

Henderson, D. L., 51

Henderson, J. Raymond, 62, 64

Hentz, Hal, 138

Herndon, Alonzo, 57, 108, 134–137, 143–145

Herndon, Jesse, 137

Herndon, Norris, 137, 145

Herndon Building, 91, 93

Herndon Home Museum, 136–137

Herren’s, 164–169, 166

Hill, Jesse, Jr., 57, 106, 108–110

Holiday, Billie, 128

Hooks, Henry, 219

Hope, John, 19

Hope, Lugenia Burns, 19

Hopson, Charles, 77

Howard, Ross, 77

Howell, George, 21

Hughes, Langston, 130

Humes, Helen, 127–128

Hungry Club Forum, 107, 108

Huntley, Lynn Walker, 140

Hurt, Joel, 184

Hyatt Regency Atlanta, 28

 

I

Indian Removal Act, 186

In Friendship, 68

Invest Atlanta Community Empowerment Fund Grant, 21

 

J

Jackson, Andrew, 59

Jackson, Andrew (president), 186

Jackson, Irene Dobbs, 57, 149

Jackson, Jesse, 77

Jackson, Maynard, Jr., 106, 107, 132, 150

Janzon, Mattiwilda Dobbs, 57, 71, 77, 83

Jenkins, Austin N., 25

Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, 35

Jim Crow, 148

John Lewis HERO Mural, 99–102, 100

Johnson, H. H., 193

Johnson, Johnnie, 127

Johnson, Lyndon, 70, 120–121, 162

John Wesley Dobbs Plaza, 81–85, 82, 85

Jones, Johnnie P., 218

Jones, Lula B., 96

Jones, Sonya, 90

Jordan, Millicent Dobbs, 57

Jordan, Vernon, 106

Joseph, Cheneé, 29

 

K

Kansas, Gene, 99, 102, 140, 202–203

Kennedy, John F., 119–120, 132

Kimble, E. W., 93

King, A. D. Williams, 56

King, Coretta Scott, 40, 42, 56, 162, 163, 179, 193

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 2, 14–16, 31, 39–72, 98, 124, 147, 162–163

King, Martin Luther, Sr., 15, 26–27, 47, 69, 119, 124

King, W. H., 117

King Center, 40–45

King Memorial MARTA Station, 180–185, 182–183

Kiningham, Clay, 4, 7

 

L

Lankford, J. A., 96

Lewis, John, 57, 69, 70, 99, 101, 102, 110, 131, 139, 141, 147

Lincoln, Abraham, 189

Lissner, Ignatius, 44

Little Richard, 128

Lotta Frutta, 177

Low, Juliette Gordon, 125

Lowery, Evelyn, 71

Lowery, Joseph, 77

Lowery, Joseph E., 66, 71

Lumpkin, Martha, 34

Lumpkin, Wilson, 34

Lyons, Ernest H., 219

 

M

Maddox, Lester, 163

Mandela, Nelson, 98

Mangum, Robert, 131

Marcus, Sidney, 107

Marshall, Thurgood, 84, 85

MARTA, 180–181

Marthasville, 34

Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home, 14, 14–16, 32

Mays, Benjamin, 49, 56, 119

Mays, Sadie Gray, 56

McClellan, George B., 189

McDaniel, Hattie, 96

McGuire, Cyril Kent, 140

McKibbens, Robert, 218

McMillan, Elridge, 140

McNeil, Adrienne, 136

McPheeters, Annie L. Watters, 131, 149

Miller, Edward C., 71, 77

Milton, Lorimer D., 119

Montgomery Bus Boycott, 65, 109, 180

Moore, Dan, Sr., 139

Morehouse College, 49, 56, 66

Morris Brown College, 18–19

 

N

Nash, Diane, 77

National Center for Civil and Human Rights, 147, 170–173, 171, 172

National Medical Association, 104

Negri, Amalia, 167

Negri, Ed, 167

Negri, Guido, 164–165, 167

Negro History Collection of Non-Circulating Books, 148–149, 150

Neighborhood Union, 19

Niagara Movement, 26, 135

Nix, Madelyn, 125–126

 

O

Oakland Cemetery, 22, 29, 53–56

Odd Fellows Building and Annex, 86–90, 87, 88

Ogden, Peter, 86

Old Fourth Ward, 18, 34, 61, 155, 171–194

Old Fourth Ward Water Tower, 190, 191–194

Olympic Games (Summer, 1996), 170

100 Black Men of America, 130–132, 131, 133

Our Lady of Lourdes, 44–46, 45

 

P

Parker, John A., 47

Parks, Rosa, 65, 68, 109

Pecou, Fahamu, 185

Pemberton, John, 160

Perkins, Janis, 90

Perkins, Robert, 90

Perry, Herman E., 117

Pharrow, Robert E., 87

Pierce, Raymond C., 140

Pope, Roslyn, 125, 126

Portman, John C., Jr., 28

Prince Hall Masonic Lodge, 67, 71, 72, 73, 76–80, 78, 79, 199

 

Q

Quarles, Frank, 59

 

R

Randolph, A. Philip, 69

Ray, James Earl, 162

Reed, Kasim, 108

Reid, Ira D., 106–107

Reid, Neel, 106, 138

Robinson, A. J., 99

Robinson, Jackie, 132

Robinson, James A., 117

Robinson, Joseph, 143

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 96

Ross, Donata Russell, 147

Royal Peacock, 114–151

Royster, Jacqueline Jones, 197–203

R. S. Lewis Funeral Home, 49

Russell, Herman J., 57

Russell, Herman J., Jr., 147

Russell, Herman J., Sr., 146

Russell, Michael, Sr., 147

Russwurm, John, 25

Rustin, Bayard, 66, 69, 77

Ryan, Patrick, 44–45

 

S

Sanders, John, 219

Schwab, Sean, 99

Scott, C A., 123

Scott, Lucille, 107

Scott, M. Alexis, 123

Scott, William Alexander, 107, 123

Selma Voting Rights Campaign, 70

Shelton, Delores, 167–168

Shelton, Lee Raymond, 167, 169

Sherman, William Tecumseh, 34, 189

Shotgun Row Houses, 30–32, 31, 33

Shuttlesworth, Fred, 66, 77

sketchbook, 7

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 65–72, 77, 146

Southern Education Foundation (SEF), 139–141

Southern School Book Building, 138–142, 140, 142

South-View Cemetery, 56–57, 85, 137, 147

Steele, Charles Kenzie, 66

Steele, Charles R., Jr., 70

Storrs School, 28

Strickland, Willard, 218

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 68–69, 125, 139

Studioplex, 179, 191–194, 192–194

Sweet Auburn, 10–11

Sweet Auburn Curb Market, 35

 

T

Tabor Building, 70–71

Taft, William Howard, 98

Terminus, 34, 186

Theatrical Outfit, 168–169

Thompson, Irene Ophelia, 83

Tillman, William Henry, 59, 64

Trail of Tears, 186

Turner, Henry M., 98

Tuskegee Institute, 19

 

U

Usher, Bazoline, 124

 

V

Vivian, C. T., 77

Voice of the Negro (newspaper), 25–26, 60–61

 

W

Walden, A. T., 84

Walker, Madame C. J., 77, 80

Warnock, Raphael, 47, 50

War on Poverty, 120

Washing Society, 60

Washington, Booker T., 26, 88, 98, 104, 191

Watkins, Ralph Basui, 64

Webb, Sinai Calhoun, 29

Wells, Ida B., 180

WERD (radio station), 72, 79

Weyandt, Matt, 99

Wheat Street Baptist Church, 59–64, 61, 62, 63, 106

Wheat Street Towers, 63

White, Maggie, 99

Williams, Adam Daniel, 15, 47–48

Williams, Alberta Christine, 131

Williams, Hosea, 70, 77

Williams, Peter, Jr., 25

Williams, Samuel W., 150

Wingate, Livingston, 132

Women’s Organizational Movement for Equality Now (WOMEN), 71

Woodruff, Ernest, 162

Woodruff, Robert Winship, 162

Woods, Joseph, 95

Woolard, Cathy, 188

 

Y

YMCA. See Butler Street YMCA

Young, Andrew, 77, 102, 107, 110, 146, 147, 172

Youngblood, Mtamanika, 21

Special thanks to Matthew White Indexing

Additional Reading

Chapter 1. The Birth Home Block

CHARLEs LINCOLN HARPER HOUSE

“Charles Lincoln Harper.” City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://www.ocaatlanta.com/public_art/charles-lincoln-harper/.

“535 Auburn Avenue, ne Historic Structure Report.” National Park Service, Cultural Resources, Partnerships and Science Division, Southeast Region. August 2019. http://npshistory.com/publications/malu/hsr-535-auburn.pdf.

Walker, Vanessa Siddle. The Lost Education of Horace Tate: Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools. New York: New Press, 2018.

“Welcome Message.” Big Bethel ame Church. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://www.bigbethelame.org/Welcome-Message.

HAMILTON HOWELL HOUSE

Caldwell, Arthur Bunyan. “Alexander Daniel Hamilton.” In History of the American Negro and His Institutions, Georgia Edition, 86–88. Atlanta: A. B. Caldwell, 1917. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044015579857&view=1up&seq=106&q1=Alexander%20hamilton.

Craig, Robert M. “Alexander Hamilton and Son.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. Last modified August 7, 2013. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/alexander-hamilton-and-son.

“A Walking Tour of Sweet Auburn in Atlanta.” nbc News. May 30, 2006. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna12923155.

BRYANT-GRAVES HOUSE

“Bryant Preparatory Institute.” VoiceMap. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://voicemap.me/tour/atlanta-georgia/exploring-sweet-auburn-a-civil-rights-history-tour/sites/bryant-preparatory-institute-3.

“Freedom’s Journal, the First U.S. African-American Owned Newspaper.” Wisconsin Historical Society. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS4415.

Pfingsten, Bill. “Bryan-Graves House.” Historical Marker Database. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=73179.

FIRE STATION NO.6

“Fire Station No. 6—A Brief History.” National Park Service, May 19, 2015. https://www.nps.gov/malu/learn/historyculture/fsn6-brief-history.htm.

Sams, Douglas. “Atlanta’s Best Architecture: Fire Station No. 6, mlk District (SLIDESHOW).” Atlanta Business Chronicle, February 17, 2016. https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/real_talk/2016/02/atlantas-best-architecture-fire-station-no-6-mlk.html.

Chapter 2. MLK

T H E K I N G C E N T E R

Eskew, Glenn T. “King Center.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. Last modified January 10, 2014. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/king-center.

“Georgia: Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park.” National Park Service. Last updated June 18, 2020. https://www.nps.gov/places/georgia-martin-luther-king-jr-national-historical-park.htm.

The King Center. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://thekingcenter.org/.

OUR LADY OF LOURDES

“History.” Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://lourdesatlanta.org/history/.

“Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church.” Georgia Historical Society. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://georgiahistory.com/ghmi_marker_updated/our-lady-of-lourdes-catholic-church-atlantas-first-african-american-catholic-church/.

WHEAT STREET BAPTIST CHURCH

Du Bois, W. E. B. The Negro Church. 1903. Eugene, Ore.: Cascade Books, 2011.

Hatfield, Edward A. “William Holmes Borders.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. Last modified August 24, 2020. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/william-holmes-borders-1905-1993.

“Our Story.” Wheat Street Baptist Church. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://www.wearewheatstreet.org/our-story.

“Wheat Street Tower.” tsw. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://www.tsw-design.com/portfolio-items/wheat-street-tower-and-annex-building/.

SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

“Behind the Masonic Symbols: The Cornerstone.” Free and Accepted Masons, Grand Lodge of Ohio. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://www.freemason.com/behind-masonic-symbols-cornerstone/.

Cooksey, Elizabeth C. “Southern Christian Leadership Conference.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. Last modified October 26, 2012. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/southern-christian-leadership-conference-sclc/.

Peters, Andy. “$10.2 Million Project to Restore Home of sclc, mlk’s Office.” Atlanta Journal Constitution, March 1, 2021. https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/102-million-project-to-restore-home-of-sclc-mlks-office/JTLKP6KGVJETDIVSRCBFBXG2MA/.

“Prince Hall Masonic Grand Lodge.” Atlanta History Center. Accessed February 18, 2024. https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/prince-hall-masonic-grand-lodge/.

“Prince Hall Masonic Lodge.” Georgia Tech: Building Memories. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://leading-edge.iac.gatech.edu/building-memories/prince-hall-masonic-lodge/.

“Protecting the Cultural Resources.” National Park Service. Last updated October 8, 2020. https://www.nps.gov/malu/protecting-the-cultural-resources.htm.

Ransby, Barbara. Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2003.

Richards, Raymond C. “Black History Month 1994: Empowering Afro-American Organizations: Present and Future (History of Selected African-American Organizations).” Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute. October 1993. https://www.defenseculture.mil/Portals/90/Observance%20Archives/BHM/2002-2015/PRES-1994BHM.pdf?ver=2020-06-01-100205-420.

“Who Was Ella Baker?” Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://ellabakercenter.org/who-was-ella-baker/.

Chapter 3. Dobbs

THE PRINCE HALL MASONIC LODGE

“The Madame CJ Walker Museum.” Accessed February 18, 2024. www.madamecjwalkermuseum.com.

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JOHN WESLEY DOBBS PLAZA

“Biography of Charles L. Harper.” Atlanta Public Schools. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://www.atlantapublicschools.us/Page/60053.

Hatfield, Edward A. “Auburn Avenue.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. Last modified September 24, 2020. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/auburn-avenue-sweet-auburn.

“Through His Eyes.” City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://ocaatlanta.com/archives/public_art/through-his-eyes.

ODD FELLOWS BUILDING AND ANNEX

“Atrium on Sweet Auburn.” Atlanta Downtown. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://www.atlantadowntown.com/go/atrium-on-sweet-auburn.

“1912 Facts and Trivia.” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. https://web.archive.org/web/20120509044228/http://www.aejmc100.org/trivia/.

“Odd Fellows Building.” Atlanta History Center. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/athpc/id/83.

“Oddfellows Building.” Easements Atlanta. Accessed December 27, 2023. http://easementsatlanta.org/portfolio-item/oddfellows-building/.

“Odd Fellows Building and Atrium.” Library of Congress. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ga0209/.

Poole, Shelia. “A Testament to Black Businesses: Odd Fellows Building Observes Centennial.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 1, 2013. https://www.ajc.com/news/local/testament-black-businesses-odd-fellows-building-observes-centennial/KZOTWB0gR8q2JV2szDe7mJ/.

Thomas, Velma Maia. “Centennial Celebration: The Odd Fellows Buildings.” Atlanta Daily World, April 29, 2013. https://atlantadailyworld.com/2013/04/29/centennial-celebration-the-odd-fellows-buildings/.

BIG BETHEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL (AME) CHURCH

Carmolingo, Nicole. “Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. Last modified July 15, 2020. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/big-bethel-african-methodist-episcopal-church/.

Coleman, Gregory D. “Heaven Bound.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. Last modified August 22, 2013. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/heaven-bound/.

Coleman, Gregory D. We’re Heaven Bound!: Portrait of a Black Sacred Drama. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1992.

“History.” Morris Brown College. https://morrisbrown.edu/history/. Accessed December 27, 2023.

BUTLER STREET YMCA

Davis, Townsend. Weary Feet, Rested Souls: A Guided History of the Civil Rights Movement. New York: W. W. Norton, 1999.

Lamar, Harold D. “Members of Omega Psi Phi Create the Hungry Club Forum of the Butler ymca.” Atlanta Inquirer, November 18, 2020. https://atlinq.com/members-of-omega-psi-phi-create-the-hungry-club-forum-of-the-butler-ymca/.

Mapp, Wesley. “They Close the Butler Street ymca and What Will Blacks DO to Save it!” Patch, December 13, 2012. https://patch.com/georgia/cascade/bp—they-close-the-butler-street-ymca-and-what-will-b9b5b361225.

“Selena Sloan Butler.” Georgia Women of Achievement. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://www.georgiawomen.org/selena-sloan-butler.

Smith, Kimberly. “Jesse Hill: A Life in Photos.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://www.ajc.com/news/local-obituaries/jesse-hill-life-photos/CbeYNQMvn07RXfnbn4NwDO/.

Smith, John B., Jr. “Remembering Atlanta Business Icon Jesse Hill, Jr.” Atlanta Inquirer, December 18, 2012. https://atlinq.com/remembering-atlanta-business-icon-jesse-hill-jr/.

Chapter 4. Auburn at Piedmont

THE ROYAL PEACOCK

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“Juneteenth: Royal Peacock.” Atlanta History Center. Accessed February 18, 2024. https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/programs-events/public-programs/juneteenth/royal-peacock/.

“186 Auburn Avenue.” Library of Congress. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.ga0211.photos/?sp=7.

O’Neill, Connor Towne. “Nightclubbing: Royal Peacock.” Red Bull Music Academy. August 18, 2016. https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/08/royal-peacock-nightclubbing-feature.

Ruggieri, Melissa. “The ‘Queen of Soul,’ Aretha Franklin, Dies at 76.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 16, 2018. https://www.ajc.com/blog/music/the-queen-soul-aretha-franklin-dies/lUdi4s865m8XWKhtRadQKJ/.

Waterhouse, Jon. “5 Places That Defined Atlanta’s Culture as You Know It.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 15, 2016. https://www.ajc.com/places/places-that-defined-atlanta-culture-you-know/1pGgWlmVnISiHOQcPsblnL/.

CITIZENS TRUST BANK

“Black History Month and Credit Unions.” New Orleans Firemen’s Federal Credit Union. February 14, 2022. https://www.noffcu.org/articles/article/2022/02/black-history-month-and-credit-unions.

Caro, Robert A. The Years of Lyndon Johnson. 4 vols. New York: Penguin Random House, 1982–2012.

“Citizens Trust Company.” Digital Library of Georgia. “https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gsu_lane_4503?canvas=0&x=551&y=618&w=4258.

“Economic Opportunity Act.” Britannica. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Economic-Opportunity-Act.

“Great Society.” History.com. Last updated August 28, 2018. https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/great-society.

Lewis, Willard C. “Citizens Trust Bank.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. Last modified October 30, 2021. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/citizens-trust-bank.

“Our Legacy.” Citizens Trust Bank. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://ctbconnect.com/history/.

Willis, Haisten. “Nearly 100 Years Old, Black-Owned Citizens Trust Bank Champions Homeownership, Development.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 18, 2020. https://www.ajc.com/business/committed-the-community/vxca8AuhxALRadmZJ5UyfN/.

Wilson, Kwanjai. “Kenley’s, a Place to Remember.” Diversity in Downtown, April 14, 2016. https://kwanjaiwilson.wordpress.com/2016/04/14/kenleys-a-place-to-remember/.

ATLANTA DAILY WORLD BUILDING

Sverdlik, Alan. “Atlanta Daily World.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. Last modified March 18, 2021. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/atlanta-daily-world/.

100 BLACK MEN OF AMERICA

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“Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site: Historic Resource Study.” National Park Service, Southeast Division, August 1993. http://npshistory.com/publications/malu/hrs.pdf.

“Nathaniel R. Goldston, III.” HistoryMakers. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/nathaniel-r-goldston-iii.

“Our History, Our Foundation and Its Recognizable Impact.” 100 Black Men of America. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://100blackmen.org/our-history/.

SOUTHERN SCHOOL BOOK BUILDING

Strahorn, Deborah, Marcy Breffle, and Adina Langer. “Apex and Oakland: Partnership for Black History Education, Part 1.” National Council on Public History, May 21, 2019. https://ncph.org/history-at-work/apex-and-oakland-part-1/.

CENTENNIAL HALL

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Chenault, Wesley. “Herman J. Russell.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. Last modified September 17, 2020. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/herman-j-russell-1930-2014/.

“H. J. Russell Center for Entrepreneurship.” Georgia State University. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://eni.gsu.edu/hjrussell-center-for-entrepreneurship/.

“Norris Bumstead Herndon.” Herndon Foundation. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://www.theherndonfoundation.org/biography/norris-bumstead-herndon/.

“Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs.” Russell Center. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://russellcenter.org/.

Saporta, Maria. “Atlanta Life Selling Downtown Headquarters to Georgia State.” Atlanta Business Chronicle, May 4, 2012. https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2012/05/04/atlanta-life-selling-downtown.html.

AUBURN AVENUE RESEARCH LIBRARY

“Auburn Avenue Research Library.” Georgia Tech: Building Memories. https://leading-edge.iac.gatech.edu/building-memories/auburn-avenue-research-library/.

Chapter 5. Edgewood and Downtown

THE CURB MARKET

Craig, Robert M. “A. Ten Eyck Brown.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. Last modified December 7, 2016. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/a-ten-eyck-brown-1878-1940/.

Kansas, Gene, with guests Pam Joiner, Richard Laub, Tim Borchers, Steven Smith, and Keith Schroeder. “The Curb Market.” Sidewalk Radio, episode 35, August 26, 2013. http://sidewalkradio.com/episodes/single/93.

“Yesterday.” Municipal Market. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://municipalmarketatl.com/about/yesterday/.

DIXIE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY PLANT

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Burns, Rebecca. “Funeral.” Atlanta, April 1, 2008. https://www.atlantamagazine.com/great-reads/mlk-funeral-1968/.

“Dixie Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plant.” City of Atlanta, Ga. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://www.atlantaga.gov/government/departments/city-planning/office-of-design/urban-design-commission/dixie-coca-cola-bottling-company-plant.

“Dixie Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plant.” National Park Service. Accessed February 18, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20090131023405/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1723&ResourceType=Building.

“The History of 125 Edgewood Avenue.” Baptist Collegiate Ministries at gsu. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://www.bcmgsu.org/history/.

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HERREN’S

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Negri, Ed. Herren’s: An Atlanta Landmark. Roswell, Ga.: Roswell Publishing, 2005.

Negri, Steven. “Ye Olde Herren’s Restaurant.” Adventures Before and After, August 18, 2015. https://stevenegri.wordpress.com/2015/08/18/ye-olde-herrens-restaurant/.

NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS

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“A Case Study in Georgia’s Business History: 1996 Summer Olympic Games.” Georgia Historical Society. Accessed December 27, 2023. https://georgiahistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/GWCCA-12-4-17.pdf.

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Chapter 6. Old Fourth Ward

ABOUT O4W

Severance, Margaret. Official Guide to Atlanta: Including Information of the Cotton States and International Exposition. Atlanta: Foot and Davies, 1895.

KING MEMORIAL MARTA STATION

Giesberg, Judith. Army at Home: Women and the Civil War on the Northern Home Front. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2012.

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Kansas, Gene, with guests Ted Freeman, Brian Bell, Heather Alhadeff, and Paul Grether. “MARTA Art, Architecture and History.” Sidewalk Radio, episode 10, July 14, 2011. http://sidewalkradio.com/episodes/single/24.

“Southwest Atlanta and the Original Streetcars.” Atlanta BeltLine, April 16, 2015. https://beltline.org/2015/04/16/southwest-atlanta-and-the-original-streetcars/.

Wells, Ida B. Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970.

OLD FOURTH WARD WATER TOWER

Leland, John. “A Tale of Two Downtowns.” New York Times, October 12, 2000. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/12/garden/a-tale-of-two-downtowns-after-worst-of-times-building-for-the-best.html.

Minor, Stephanie. “Just What Is That Tower in the Old Fourth Ward?” Atlanta, November 14, 2013. https://www.atlantamagazine.com/article/just-what-is-that-tower-in-the-old-fourth-ward/.

Moore, Jacqueline M. “Booker T. Washington’s 1895 Atlanta Exposition Speech (1908 Recreation).” Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/BookerT.pdf.

Washington, Booker T. “The Atlanta Exposition Address.” National Park Service. Last updated July 16, 2021. https://www.nps.gov/bowa/learn/historyculture/atlanta1-1.htm.