Word: atlanta
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Thanks for accurately portraying one of the atrocities taking place in our country every day ["Atlanta: The Great Hippie Hunt," Oct. 10]. It seems that one of the great foundations of the U.S., the concept of individual freedom, has fallen by the wayside...
...ATLANTA FRACTURE Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. closes out eight years in office with the simple explanation that "I've shot my wad and it's time for somebody else to come along...
...election does not focus on race. It pits a handsome Democratic liberal, the outgoing vice mayor, Sam Massell, 42, against a personable moderate Republican, Rodney Cook, 45, who is both a city alderman and a state legislator. Blacks are expected to vote heavily for Massell, while Atlanta's white business community supports Cook...
Massell, a former real estate dealer and member of one of Atlanta's wealthiest Jewish families, has earned black support through his leadership of a statewide civil rights committee and local antidiscrimination efforts. Yet Cook also talks about the need for harmonious race relations and contends that he is "the only candidate able to bring people together." To cope with Atlanta's financial crisis, Cook urges that the city be consolidated with surrounding Fulton County. Massell bravely proposes a city income tax and invites nearby municipalities to join the city. The contest is close, and both Massell...
Ossie Davis, the actor. Horace Mann Bond. an intimate friend of DuBois and chairman of the sociology department at Atlanta University, and his son. Georgia legislator Julian Bond, addressed an informally-dressed gathering of 800 at the sunswept DuBois homesite...