City boosters had imagined that Atlanta had outgrown the sordid history of race relations of the American South. The cooperation between the black city government and the white business elite ...

This monthly series from UATL, the AJC’s Black culture franchise, will shed light on the reality (or mirage) behind this question. Join the conversation.

ATLANTA — On June 18, 1964, a group of Black and white protesters fighting for integration went swimming in the whites-only pool at the Monson Motor Lodge in St. Augustine, Florida. JT Johnson ...

(JTA) — Sam Massell was Atlanta’s first Jewish mayor ... showed he had 10 percent support among white voters and 90 percent support among Black voters. He had campaigned in Black communities ...