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Seen here is a group of students at the Booker T. Washington High School in the 1950s. The results of a writing contest is being announced by one of the teachers outside of the school building.

This book is a memoir by Jenna Miscavige Hill. She tells her story of her time in Scientology from her early childhood until her escape.

This dissertation explores the Whitefield's reasoning behind creating the Bethesda Orphan House.

This resource describes Atlanta before the construction of the Beltline was even considered. It shows pictures of the original railroads and describes their significance to the growth of the city.

It is a 1938 Map of the City of Atlanta. The colors are grades for neighborhoods and identify the main race in the region. In this map, the red region is largely African American settlements.

Drawn in 1864 by Union mapmaker, Robert Knox Sweden, this map shows the fortified Confederate perimeter of around Atlanta to oppose Sherman's 1864 Invasion.

News article on perspectives of the compromise between NAACP and Atlanta Board of Education

This photo shows the layout and skyline of the buildings in Atlanta, along with the greenery surrounding the city.

Here is a photograph of two black, female students being escorted by an unmarked police car on their first day of school at Joseph E. Brown High School in Atlanta, GA on August 30, 1961.

Dramatically increased activities at war-supporting facilities across the Southeast required improved highway access. This project at the Atlanta Naval Air Station in Chamblee, Georgia called for the reconstruction of 1.91 miles of roads at an…