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Flash Back: Pivotal events from the past five decades

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12/1/2011

49 Years Ago This Month: Atlanta's "Berlin Wall"

Photograph courtesy of the Atlanta History Center In December 1962, Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. ordered barricades to be built across two Atlanta streets to discourage black citizens from purchasing homes in an adjacent all-white neighborhood. What seemed to him like ... Read more
11/1/2011

45 Years Ago This Month: The Lester Maddox Gubernatorial Election

In the Georgia Gubernatorial Election of November 1966, Lester Maddox rode a wave of resentment over the advancement of the civil rights movement and finished in a virtual tie with Republican millionaire Bo Callaway. Neither candidate won a majority due ... Read more
10/1/2011

20 Years Ago This Month: Braves Lose World Series—And Get a Parade!

Atlanta sports fans have a notorious—and well-deserved—reputation for fair-weather fickleness. But on October 29, 1991, 750,000 Atlantans stormed Downtown to cheer for a losing team: the Atlanta Braves, returning from a defeat by the Minnesota Twins in a nail-biting World ... Read more

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  1. 11 Years Ago This Month: Willie B.'s Memorial

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  3. 42 Years Ago This Month: The First Atlanta International Pop Festival

    Jackson Reeves said "I wish we still had this, but I suppose Music Midtown (returning!) is the logical successor." Read more

  4. Fifty Years Ago This Month: APS Is Integrated

    Jackson Reeves said "And as one our Twitter followers cleverly pointed out: It just recently disintegrated." Read more

  5. 50 Years Ago This Month: Rapid Transit Pipe Dreams

    Jackson Reeves said "God, I constantly wish that we had better mass transit options in this city. I love Atlanta, but transportation drama is one major, recurrin..." Read more

  6. 44 Years Ago This Month: Six Flags Over Georgia Opens

    Crissinda Ponder said "I refuse to get on the Scream Machine, but I can never stay away from the Cyclone." Read more