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Friday Sep 25, 2020
Ashley Ordinance
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Atlanta first attempted to codify racialized zoning in 1913 and the charge was led by 4th Ward City Councilman Claude L. Ashley. Today, we’re going to talk about what led to this ordinance, the man behind it and how the city and state reacted to it.
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Friday Sep 18, 2020
Candler Mansions
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Friday Sep 18, 2020
The Candler name is all across Atlanta, even when not expressly spelled out, there are many places with Candler connections you may have never realized. The family’s generational wealth allowed Asa’s children to build their own respective mansions, and each is still around today - some public and some private. This week, we’re talking about all the remaining Candler homes in Atlanta, their origin stories, dramatic tales and how you can see them.
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Henry Heinz Murder
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Friday Sep 11, 2020
Epidemics - Part III
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Friday Sep 11, 2020
This week I bring you the final installment of the epidemic disease series with stories about typhoid, pellagra and HIV/AIDS, and how each of these impacted Atlanta and it's citizens. Learn about how doctors begged residents to put lids on their trash cans to prevent typhoid, what killed the Zoo's porcupine and how Atlanta's gay community was the first to organize efforts in the AIDS epidemic.
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Friday Sep 04, 2020
Eugenics
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Eugenics may seem like ancient history, but it was considered progressive reform at the turn of the 20th century, and women's groups across America prompted the theory and it's related propaganda. This week we're covering Georgia and Atlanta's role in eugenics, the Better Babies contest and forced sterilization of those deemed 'unfit'.
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