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Old Atlanta Timeline
Walk Atlanta through time.
Move from the washerwomen who organized in 1881 to the records, neighborhoods, voices, and memories shaping the city now.
Three Ways In
Start with a movement, a visual argument, or the sound of the city.
1881 · History & FactsWhen washerwomen used a world's fair as leverage
In 1881, Black laundresses organized for better pay as Atlanta prepared to welcome the world.
Open the story
1900 · Archives & ArtifactsAtlanta made data beautiful before dashboardsOpen the story
2020s · Music & CultureThe Old Atlanta MegamixOpen the story
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1900
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1949
History & FactsThe station that put Black Atlanta on the air
Before “Black radio” became a national industry, WERD proved that ownership could turn a local signal into cultural power.
Verified / 1 Public SourceMusic & CultureWhat might you have heard on WERD?Music, worship, public affairs and neighborhood news shared the airwaves.
Verified / 1 Public SourceTime Frame
1960s
Business & InstitutionsChurches, Businesses and Block Memory
The places that made a neighborhood feel like home.
Memory Lead / 1 Public SourceCommunity MemoryShare Your Old Atlanta MemoryA photograph, a place, a voice. Your part of the city's story.
Memory Lead / 1 Public SourceHistory & FactsSweet Auburn: A City's VoiceBlack business, faith and culture meet on Auburn Avenue.
Partially Sourced / 2 Public SourcesBusiness & InstitutionsThe station upstairs, the movement downstairsOn Auburn Avenue, a single building connected culture, enterprise and the civil-rights movement.
Verified / 1 Public SourceTime Frame
1970s
Bo Legs Civic LegacyBo Legs and Atlanta Civic Legacy
Marvin Arrington, Sr., An Atlanta Story.
Partially Sourced / 2 Public SourcesBusiness & InstitutionsChurches, Businesses and Block MemoryThe places that made a neighborhood feel like home.
Memory Lead / 1 Public SourceHistory & FactsMaynard Jackson and an Atlanta EraA connection to Atlanta's civic history.
Partially Sourced / 2 Public SourcesCommunity MemoryShare Your Old Atlanta MemoryA photograph, a place, a voice. Your part of the city's story.
Memory Lead / 1 Public SourceHistory & FactsSweet Auburn: A City's VoiceBlack business, faith and culture meet on Auburn Avenue.
Partially Sourced / 2 Public SourcesTime Frame
1980s
Bo Legs Civic LegacyBo Legs and Atlanta Civic Legacy
Marvin Arrington, Sr., An Atlanta Story.
Partially Sourced / 2 Public SourcesBusiness & InstitutionsChurches, Businesses and Block MemoryThe places that made a neighborhood feel like home.
Memory Lead / 1 Public SourceArchives & ArtifactsFlyers, Photos and RecordsThe things we kept tell stories of their own.
Memory Lead / 2 Public SourcesHistory & FactsMaynard Jackson and an Atlanta EraA connection to Atlanta's civic history.
Partially Sourced / 2 Public SourcesCommunity MemoryShare Your Old Atlanta MemoryA photograph, a place, a voice. Your part of the city's story.
Memory Lead / 1 Public SourceNeighborhoods & PlacesSWATS and the CitySouthwest Atlanta, music and neighborhood memory.
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1990s
History & FactsAtlanta 1996 and Downtown Memory
Where were you when the world came to Atlanta?
Partially Sourced / 1 Public SourceBo Legs Civic LegacyBo Legs and Atlanta Civic LegacyMarvin Arrington, Sr., An Atlanta Story.
Partially Sourced / 2 Public SourcesBusiness & InstitutionsChurches, Businesses and Block MemoryThe places that made a neighborhood feel like home.
Memory Lead / 1 Public SourceArchives & ArtifactsFlyers, Photos and RecordsThe things we kept tell stories of their own.
Memory Lead / 2 Public SourcesPeople & VoicesOld Atlanta Artist Roll CallMeet the voices behind the records.
Partially Sourced / 2 Public SourcesCommunity MemoryShare Your Old Atlanta MemoryA photograph, a place, a voice. Your part of the city's story.
Memory Lead / 1 Public SourceNeighborhoods & PlacesSWATS and the CitySouthwest Atlanta, music and neighborhood memory.
Memory Lead / 1 Public SourceTime Frame
2000s
Archives & ArtifactsFlyers, Photos and Records
The things we kept tell stories of their own.
Memory Lead / 2 Public SourcesPeople & VoicesOld Atlanta Artist Roll CallMeet the voices behind the records.
Partially Sourced / 2 Public SourcesCommunity MemoryShare Your Old Atlanta MemoryA photograph, a place, a voice. Your part of the city's story.
Memory Lead / 1 Public SourceNeighborhoods & PlacesSWATS and the CitySouthwest Atlanta, music and neighborhood memory.
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2010s
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2020s
Events & ScreeningsBring Bo Legs to Your Community
Film, music and conversation.
Needs Context / 2 Public SourcesCorrections & ContextCorrections and ContextHelp us get the names, dates and details right.
Verified / 1 Public SourcePeople & VoicesOld Atlanta Artist Roll CallMeet the voices behind the records.
Partially Sourced / 2 Public SourcesCommunity MemoryShare Your Old Atlanta MemoryA photograph, a place, a voice. Your part of the city's story.
Memory Lead / 1 Public SourceMusic & CultureThe Old Atlanta MegamixA city of voices, together on one record.
Verified / 2 Public SourcesYour Atlanta Belongs Here
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