Word: buts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There are 13 Atlantas in the U. S., but only one mattered last week.* Atlanta, Ga. was the place where Gone With the Wind opened (see p. 30); where Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh passed by and the Negroes said: "I seen 'em!"; where Banker Robert Strickland wept for...
For booming, trading, railroading Atlanta, the War Between the States was a cosmic incident but not the end of the world. Savannah and Decatur (doomed to be a mere suburb), Macon and Augusta might mourn the life that was gone; Atlanta had business to do: rebuilding, shipping to and from...
Atlanta also has the fabulous Candlers (Coca-Cola); the Grays, who last week sold the venerable Journal (see p. 35); James H. Nunnally (candy) and Steve Lynch, who took fortunes out of Florida's real-estate boom; John K. Ottley and Thomas K. Glenn (banking); Southern Railway's...
By the time the check arrived, Pearl had made some resolutions, had theadvice of long-armed Negro Lawyer Raymond Pace Alexander. They ducked well-wishers, salesmen, and returned $2,133.90 to the County Relief Board. They paid their debts, set aside $57,588 for income tax, redeemed the precious things...
Lawyer Alexander figured the project was an investment which would give the Masons 6% on their money. To Pearl it was a place where it wouldn't rain right in on Negroes huddled around a kitchen stove. They named it Frances Plaza, after their daughter. But Pearl was convinced...