Old Atlanta StoriesHistory & Facts
Atlanta 1996 and Downtown Memory
Where were you when the world came to Atlanta?
Where were you when the world came to Atlanta?
ListenListen while you readUse the record as atmosphere and archive, not the whole thesis.
ContextPublic trail1 Public Source linked below for public context.
Atlanta hosted the Centennial Olympic Games in 1996. The Atlanta History Center explores the Games and the city's Olympic story.
What do you remember: a workplace, a journey downtown, an event or a gathering? Share the moment and any photographs or keepsakes that belong with it.
Keep the thread
Stories that connect.
Keep going through the people, places, and moments behind this story.
A connection to Atlanta's civic history.
Open storySame History & Facts collectionSweet Auburn: A City's VoiceBlack business, faith and culture meet on Auburn Avenue.
Open story
Same History & Facts collectionWhen washerwomen used a world's fair as leverageIn 1881, Black laundresses organized for better pay as Atlanta prepared to welcome the world.
Open storyYour Atlanta belongs here
Remember this corner of the city?
A photograph, flyer, family name, date, or firsthand memory can add another layer to the story.
