Atlanta's Olympic resurgence: how the 1996 Games revived a struggling city

The summer of 1996. In nineteen days, six million visitors jostled about in a southern city grappling with white flight, urban decay and the stifling legacy of Jim Crow. Six years earlier, a bold, audacious partnership of a strong mayor, enlightened business leaders and Atlanta's Black politica...

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1. Verfasser: Dobbins, Michael 1938- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Charleston, SC History Press 2021
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Zusammenfassung:The summer of 1996. In nineteen days, six million visitors jostled about in a southern city grappling with white flight, urban decay and the stifling legacy of Jim Crow. Six years earlier, a bold, audacious partnership of a strong mayor, enlightened business leaders and Atlanta's Black political leadership dared to bid on hosting the 1996 Olympic Games. Unexpectedly, the city won, an achievement that ignited a loose but robust coalition that worked collectively, if sometimes contentiously, to prepare the city and push it forward. This is a story of how once-struggling Atlanta leveraged the benefits of the Centennial Games to become a city of international prominence. This improbable rise from the ashes is told by three urban planning professionals who were at the center of the story
Beschreibung:222 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 23 cm
ISBN:9781467147248

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