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Atlanta Legacy Makers is a public commemoration of Atlanta’s inheritance exemplified by two Atlanta mayors, Ivan Allen Jr. and Maynard Jackson. This podcast is a companion to the city-wide reading of the 1996 Gary Pomerantz book, “Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn: A Saga of Race and Family,” which chronicles the lives of these mayors and their families in Atlanta.
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Saturday May 09, 2020
Saturday May 09, 2020
Floyd Hall visits with Marcy Breffle of Historic Oakland Foundation to connect with the legacies of the Old South and the final resting places of Mayors Ivan Allen Jr. & Maynard Jackson at Oakland Cemetery. Plus Gordon Jones of the Atlanta History Center shines some light on Atlanta as a strategic hub during the Civil War, and author Gary M. Pomerantz shares some backstory on writing Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn.
For more information, visit https://www.atllegacymakers.com/
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