Civil sights: Sweet Auburn, a journey through Atlanta's national treasure
"Once the wealthiest Black neighborhood in the world, the Sweet Auburn Historic District in Atlanta, Georgia, now occupies a distinct place, both historically and geographically. It is at once the globally significant birthplace of the civil rights movement; and it also lays in the wake of soci...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Once the wealthiest Black neighborhood in the world, the Sweet Auburn Historic District in Atlanta, Georgia, now occupies a distinct place, both historically and geographically. It is at once the globally significant birthplace of the civil rights movement; and it also lays in the wake of social, commercial, and urban challenges that have left some of its most important spaces and places in a state of peril-and even in danger of demolition-as Atlanta grows in, around, and over it. Now, for the first time, author, preservationist, and cultural developer Gene Kansas shines a spotlight on the district in Civil Sights. An illustrated and historic guidebook designed to educate visitors and inspire action, Civil Sights not only describes and depicts historically significant Sweet Auburn buildings and streets; it also tells the stories of people and places, then and now, that came together to move mountains before, during, and after the civil rights movement. These are the streets and buildings in which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Congressman John Lewis, Roslyn Pope, Alonzo Herndon, Ella Baker, John Wesley Dobbs, and countless others laid the groundwork for a social movement of equality that would sweep the country, change laws, and positively affect lives around the world. With accounts of such places as the first integrated fire station and the Butler Street YMCA that served as Atlanta's "Black City Hall," and of the churches, restaurants, and entertainment halls that have dotted the neighborhood, Kansas unspools a riveting history that also aims to illuminate a path to preservation. Most importantly, Civil Sights poses questions of historical accountability to us all: How are we educating, advocating, and investing in the causes that Sweet Auburn represents? This volume includes illustrations from Atlanta architect Clay Kiningham, a foreword from New York Times best-selling author and journalist Gary M. Pomerantz, and an afterword from former dean of Georgia Tech's Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Jacqueline Jones Royster"-- |
| Beschreibung: | 234 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780820367705 |
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| 505 | 8 | |a Foreword / by Gary M. Pomerantz -- Introduction: Mission of the guide / by Gene Kansas -- What Is a sketchbook? / by Clay Kiningham -- The birth home block : a worldview informed -- MLK : leadership and spiritual homes -- Dobbs : bucks, ballots, and books -- Auburn at Piedmont : a cornerstone of music, financial independence, and knowledge -- Edgewood and downtown : food, drink, and historymaking moments -- Old Fourth Ward : Atlanta history and a neighborhood in flux | |
| 520 | 3 | |a "Once the wealthiest Black neighborhood in the world, the Sweet Auburn Historic District in Atlanta, Georgia, now occupies a distinct place, both historically and geographically. It is at once the globally significant birthplace of the civil rights movement; and it also lays in the wake of social, commercial, and urban challenges that have left some of its most important spaces and places in a state of peril-and even in danger of demolition-as Atlanta grows in, around, and over it. Now, for the first time, author, preservationist, and cultural developer Gene Kansas shines a spotlight on the district in Civil Sights. An illustrated and historic guidebook designed to educate visitors and inspire action, Civil Sights not only describes and depicts historically significant Sweet Auburn buildings and streets; it also tells the stories of people and places, then and now, that came together to move mountains before, during, and after the civil rights movement. | |
| 520 | 3 | |a These are the streets and buildings in which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Congressman John Lewis, Roslyn Pope, Alonzo Herndon, Ella Baker, John Wesley Dobbs, and countless others laid the groundwork for a social movement of equality that would sweep the country, change laws, and positively affect lives around the world. With accounts of such places as the first integrated fire station and the Butler Street YMCA that served as Atlanta's "Black City Hall," and of the churches, restaurants, and entertainment halls that have dotted the neighborhood, Kansas unspools a riveting history that also aims to illuminate a path to preservation. Most importantly, Civil Sights poses questions of historical accountability to us all: How are we educating, advocating, and investing in the causes that Sweet Auburn represents? This volume includes illustrations from Atlanta architect Clay Kiningham, a foreword from New York Times best-selling author and journalist Gary M. | |
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| spelling | Kansas, Gene Verfasser aut Civil sights Sweet Auburn, a journey through Atlanta's national treasure Gene Kansas Athens The University of Georgia Press [2025] 234 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Foreword / by Gary M. Pomerantz -- Introduction: Mission of the guide / by Gene Kansas -- What Is a sketchbook? / by Clay Kiningham -- The birth home block : a worldview informed -- MLK : leadership and spiritual homes -- Dobbs : bucks, ballots, and books -- Auburn at Piedmont : a cornerstone of music, financial independence, and knowledge -- Edgewood and downtown : food, drink, and historymaking moments -- Old Fourth Ward : Atlanta history and a neighborhood in flux "Once the wealthiest Black neighborhood in the world, the Sweet Auburn Historic District in Atlanta, Georgia, now occupies a distinct place, both historically and geographically. It is at once the globally significant birthplace of the civil rights movement; and it also lays in the wake of social, commercial, and urban challenges that have left some of its most important spaces and places in a state of peril-and even in danger of demolition-as Atlanta grows in, around, and over it. Now, for the first time, author, preservationist, and cultural developer Gene Kansas shines a spotlight on the district in Civil Sights. An illustrated and historic guidebook designed to educate visitors and inspire action, Civil Sights not only describes and depicts historically significant Sweet Auburn buildings and streets; it also tells the stories of people and places, then and now, that came together to move mountains before, during, and after the civil rights movement. These are the streets and buildings in which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Congressman John Lewis, Roslyn Pope, Alonzo Herndon, Ella Baker, John Wesley Dobbs, and countless others laid the groundwork for a social movement of equality that would sweep the country, change laws, and positively affect lives around the world. With accounts of such places as the first integrated fire station and the Butler Street YMCA that served as Atlanta's "Black City Hall," and of the churches, restaurants, and entertainment halls that have dotted the neighborhood, Kansas unspools a riveting history that also aims to illuminate a path to preservation. Most importantly, Civil Sights poses questions of historical accountability to us all: How are we educating, advocating, and investing in the causes that Sweet Auburn represents? This volume includes illustrations from Atlanta architect Clay Kiningham, a foreword from New York Times best-selling author and journalist Gary M. Pomerantz, and an afterword from former dean of Georgia Tech's Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Jacqueline Jones Royster"-- King, Martin Luther / Jr. / 1929-1968 / Homes and haunts / Georgia / Atlanta Sweet Auburn Historic District (Atlanta, Ga.) / Guidebooks Sweet Auburn Historic District (Atlanta, Ga.) / Description and travel Atlanta (Ga.) / History Kiningham, Clay ill |
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