2018-11

Today, I finally get to tell one of the most important histories of Atlanta. In 1913, Atlanta is only 50 years out of the Civil War, but there are still huge resentments between the North and South. Georgia’s child labor standards were the nation’s worst, with children as young as ten years old working. Populist, Tom Watson, was lighting the fire underneath the anti-Catholic, anti-black and anti-Jew rhetoric. 
In this climate, Leo Frank is charged with Mary Phagan's murder, tried, sentenced and then has his sentence commuted...only to be lynched in Marietta by the 'Knights of Mary Phagan'. If you don't know this story, you need to hear this episode!
Links:
https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Shall-Rise-Murder-Lynching/dp/0679764232
http://bittersoutherner.com/from-the-southern-perspective/miscellany/a-hole-in-the-oheart-of-georgia-state-prison-farm-demolition
Map of all the Leo Frank-related sites:
https://www.bing.com/maps?v=2&encType=1&cid=B381A84E094A8587!217
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Happy Thanksgiving! This week, I am bringing you a quick episode on two Sweet Auburn churches - Big Bethel AME and Wheat Street Baptist. Learn about fires, famous plays and how the pastor of Wheat Street helped desegregate Atlanta's buses.
Big Bethel AME:
Wheat Street Baptist:

The Atlanta Women's Club is one of the oldest non-profit organizations in Georgia. Listen to this week's episode to learn about their organizer, Rebecca Douglas Lowe, the lasting legacy of the club in Atlanta's history and their headquarters, the Wimbish House.
Links:
https://people.umass.edu/mchangam/Files/Black%20Women's%20Club%20Movement.pdf
https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1059&context=eps_diss
https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=3625&context=gradschool_dissertations
Photos:
Rebecca Douglas Lowe
(courtesy of GFWC)
Wimbish House
 

In 1881, Jacob Elsas built the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill and the neighboring mill worker neighborhood, now called Cabbagetown. The two are intrinsically link and have great histories.
Links:
https://www.allofitp.xyz/
https://www.amazon.com/Contesting-New-South-Order-1914-1915/dp/0807849731/ref=mp_s_a_1_3/139-1043212-8837558?ie=UTF8&qid=1541771234&sr=1-3&refinements=p_27%3AClifford+Kuhn&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&dpPl=1&dpID=51n4sD-r7pL&ref=plSrch
https://www.gofundme.com/help-the-patch-works-save-history
Jacob Elsas:
 
(Breman Museum)
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill:
Elsas Mausoleum:

We're back with two more downtown Atlanta hotels! First up? Hotel Row, the city's most intact row of commercial structures in the oldest business district. Second, the Imperial Hotel, home of the seeing Domino Lounge and currently a preservation win.
Links:
http://www.atlantatimemachine.com/downtown/imperial_list.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQjf_gC0TrU
Terminal Station:
Terminal Hotel:
Hotel Row:
Imperial Hotel: