Timeline_of_Atlanta
Timeline of Atlanta
City history timeline
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
- 1821 – Creek Indians cede land that is now Metro Atlanta per treaty.[1]
- 1839 – Settlement of "Terminus" established (at what would be end of Western and Atlantic Railroad).[2]
- 1843 – Town of Marthasville incorporated.[1]
- 1845
- 1846 – Macon & Western RR connects Atlanta with port of Savannah.[1]
- 1847 – Town of Atlanta incorporated.[3]
- 1848 - Moses Formwalt becomes mayor.
- 1849 - Benjamin Bomar becomes mayor.
- 1850
- Population: 2,572
- Atlanta Cemetery founded.[1]
- 1851 - Western and Atlantic Railroad connects Atlanta to The Midwest.[4][citation needed]
- 1852 - Atlanta & West Point Railroad built.[1]
- 1853 - Atlanta becomes seat of Fulton County.[1]
- 1855
- Atlanta Medical College established.[5]
- Gas lighting installed in city.[6]
- 1860
- Population: 9,554.[7]
- William Ezzard becomes mayor (1860 - 1861).
- 1861
- Jared Whitaker becomes mayor (1861 - 1861 - joined CSA government).
- Thomas Lowe becomes mayor (1861 - 1862).
- 1864
- James Calhoun becomes mayor (1862 - 1866).
- May–September: Union forces wage Atlanta Campaign.
- September 2: Union forces take city.[8]
- November 15: Burning of Atlanta by Union forces.[2]
- Nov. 26: Col. Luther J. Glenn is appointed commander of the Atlanta Post.[9]: 182
- Dec. 5: Cap. Thomas L. Dodd is appointed the Provost-Marshal.[9]: 182
- Dec 7: Gen. W. P. Howard sends his report to Governor Brown on the destruction of Atlanta.[9]: 182–185 [10]: 407–412
- 1865
- Civil War ends; slaves freed.
- Atlanta University, first Atlanta black college, founded.
- 1867 - Young Men's Library Association founded.[11]
- 1868
- Atlanta becomes Georgia state capital.[1]
- Constitution newspaper begins publication.[12]
- 1869 - Clark College founded.
- 1870 - Population: 21,789.[7]
- 1871
- Horse-drawn streetcar begins operating.[1][13]
- Public school system organized.[5]
- 1877 - Washington Seminary established.
- 1878 - Southern Medical College established.[5]
- 1879
- Augusta Institute moves from Augusta to Atlanta and is renamed Atlanta Baptist Seminary.[14]
- Atlanta Building and Loan Association established.[15]
- 1880
- Abyssinian Library established.[16]
- Population: 37,409; Atlanta surpasses Savannah as Georgia's largest city.[7]
- 1881
- 1882 - Atlanta Fire Rescue Department established.
- 1883
- Atlanta Journal newspaper begins publication.[12]
- Capital City Club established.
- 1885 - Georgia Institute of Technology founded.
- 1886
- Ebenezer Baptist Church founded.[17]
- Atlanta goes "dry".[citation needed]
- Coca-Cola beverage introduced.[18]
- 1887
- Piedmont Exposition held.[5]
- Piedmont Driving Club[19] and Inman Park (first garden suburb)[citation needed] founded.
- Coca-Cola invents the coupon.[citation needed]
- 1888 - Atlanta Camera Club organized.[20]
- 1889
- First electric streetcars enable further expansion of city.
- Georgia State Capitol building opens.[5]
- Grant Park and Atlanta Zoo[21] established.
- Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills is incorporated.
- 1890 - Population: 65,533.[7]
- 1891 - Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway in business.
- 1892 - Grady Memorial Hospital opens.[5]
- 1895
- Cotton States and International Exposition held.[5]
- September: Booker T. Washington gives "Atlanta Compromise" Speech.[22]
- Atlanta Woman's Club founded.
- 1896 - Atlanta Conference of the Study of Negro Problems begins.[23]
- 1899 - Federal penitentiary established.[2]
- 1900 - Population: 89,872;[7] metro 419,375.
1900s-1940s
- 1901 - Atlanta Theological Seminary established.[5]
- 1902 - Carnegie Library opens.[24]
- 1904 - Atlanta Art Association formed.[25]
- 1905
- Atlanta School of Medicine[5] and Associated Charities of Atlanta[5] founded.
- Atlanta Mutual Insurance Association in business.[26][27]
- 1906 - September 22: Atlanta Race Riot kills 27.[28]
- 1907 - Atlanta Conservatory of Music founded.[13]
- 1908 - Atlanta Neighborhood Union organized.[23]
- 1909 - Architectural Arts League of Atlanta organized.[25]
- 1910
- Population: 154,839;[7] metro 522,442.
- Restaurants segregated; other Jim Crow laws follow.[citation needed]
- 1911 - Atlanta Debutante Club founded.[19]
- 1913
- Georgia Tech starts "evening college", now Georgia State.
- Augusta Institute established founded in 1867 is renamed Morehouse College.
- 1914
- 1915
- Emory College relocated to Atlanta.
- November: film The Birth of a Nation premieres.
- Ku Klux Klan refounded in Atlanta.[27][31]
- 1916
- 1917 - Great Atlanta fire.
- 1918 - 1918 influenza epidemic.[33]
- 1919 - Commission on Interracial Cooperation active.[27]
- 1920
- Butler Street YMCA opens.[34]
- Population: 200,616; metro 622,283.[7]
- 1921 - Atlanta Junior Chamber (JCI Atlanta) established.
- 1922 - WSB radio begins broadcasting.[35]
- 1923 - Spring Street Viaduct opens, downtown rises above train tracks.[citation needed]
- 1926 - Atlanta Historical Society founded.
- 1927 - Atlanta Historical Bulletin begins publication.
- 1928 - Atlanta World newspaper begins publication.
- 1929
- Atlanta University Center Consortium established.
- City Hall built.[2]
- January 15: Martin Luther King Jr. is born.
- WGST radio begins broadcasting.[35]
- 1930 - Population: 270,366; metro 715,391.[7]
- 1931 - WATL radio begins broadcasting.[35]
- 1933 - Georgia Municipal Association headquartered in city.[citation needed]
- 1935 - Cascade Theatre opens.[36]
- 1936
- Atlanta Dogwood Festival begins.[37]
- William B. Hartsfield elected mayor.
- Techwood Homes built, first public housing in US.[citation needed]
- 1937 - WAGA radio begins broadcasting.[35]
- 1939
- Plaza Theatre opens.
- Gone with the Wind world premiere draws 300,000 to streets.[citation needed]
- 1940
- Euclid Theatre opens.
- Population: 302,288.[7]
- 1941 - Central Atlanta Progress established.
- 1944
- Atlanta Campaign National Historic Site established.[2]
- Southern Regional Council and Associated Klans of Georgia[citation needed] headquartered in city.
- 1945 - Mary Mac's Tea Room in business.
- 1946
- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention founded.
- December 7: Winecoff Hotel fire.[38]
- 1947 - Regional Metropolitan Planning Commission established.[39]
- 1948 - WSB-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[40]
- 1949
- WAGA-TV[40] and WERD (AM) radio[41] begin broadcasting.
- Atlanta Negro Voters League founded.[41]
- Last streetcar line converted to trolleybus.[citation needed]
1950s-1990s
- 1950
- Population: 331,314;[7] metro 997,666.
- Transit strike, Atlanta Transit Co. takes over transit from Georgia Railway and Power.
- 1952 - Georgia Board of Regents, votes to allow women into Georgia Tech.
- 1952 - Buckhead annexed.[citation needed]
- 1953 - Links chapter established.[26]
- 1956 - 1956 Sugar Bowl first black player to play in a college bowl game in deep south causes riots.
- 1956 - Alexander Memorial Coliseum opens.
- 1957 - Southern Christian Leadership Conference headquartered in city.[42]
- 1958
- October 12: Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple bombing.[43]
- Atlanta Masjid of Al-Islam established.[44]
- 1959 - Trolleybuses, buses, public library desegregated.[citation needed]
- Lenox Square mall opens.
- Metro population hits 1 million.[citation needed]
- 1960
- Population: 487,455;[7] metro 1,312,474.
- March 15: An Appeal for Human Rights is released.
- Sit-ins at Rich's lunch counters during the Civil Rights Movement.[45][42]
- Atlanta Inquirer newspaper begins publication.[46]
- 1961
- Ivan Allen Jr. becomes mayor.
- Public schools begin token desegregation.[46]
- Rich's desegregates restaurant.
- John Portman opens Merchandise Mart, kicking off transformation of downtown.
- One Park Tower built.
- 1962
- Peyton Road barricades built in Cascade Heights.[27]
- 106 Atlanta art patrons die in Paris air crash.
- 1963
- Atlanta Marathon begins.
- Trolleybuses converted en masse to buses.[citation needed]
- 1964
- U.S. Supreme Court decides Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States.[43]
- Atlanta Press Club[47] and Atlanta Track Club established.
- 1965 – Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium constructed.
- 1966
- State of Georgia Building constructed.
- Both the relocated Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball and the expansion Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League begin play at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium.
- 1967
- Atlanta Chiefs soccer team begins play.
- Sister city relationship established with Salzburg, Austria.[48]
- 1968
- King Center for Nonviolent Social Change founded.
- Peach Bowl annual football game begins.
- Atlanta Hawks basketball team relocates to Atlanta.
- Equitable Building constructed.
- 1969
- Coronet Theater[36] and Perimeter freeway[citation needed] open.
- Afro-American Police League chapter established.[23]
- 1970
- Peachtree Road Race begins.
- Population: 496,973;[7] metro 1,763,626
- 1971
- Atlanta Gay Pride Festival established.
- International flights begin at Hartsfield Airport.[49]
- 1972
- Sister city relationships established with Montego Bay, Jamaica; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[48]
- The Atlanta Flames are established as an expansion team of the National Hockey League.
- The Omni Coliseum opens as the new home of the NBA's Hawks and NHL's Flames.
- 1973
- Maynard Jackson becomes first black mayor of Atlanta.
- GSU Sports Arena open.
- 1974
- 1975 - Centennial Tower built.
- 1976
- Atlanta Botanical Garden established.
- Atlanta Film Festival begins.
- Georgia World Congress Center opens.
- National Conference of Black Mayors headquartered in city.[23][51]
- 1977
- Atlanta Soto Zen Center founded.
- Sister city relationship established with Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.[48]
- 1979
- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority begins operating.
- Atlanta murders of 1979–1981 begin.
- 1980
- Population: 425,022;[7] metro 2,233,324.
- All-news television network CNN begins broadcasting; Turner empire takes off.[52]
- Al-Farooq Masjid (mosque)[44] and Martin Luther King Jr., National Historic Site established.
- Flames hockey team sold and relocated to Calgary, Alberta.
- 1981
- Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus founded.
- Sister city relationship established with Daegu, South Korea.[48]
- 1982
- Andrew Young becomes mayor.
- Carter Center headquartered in Atlanta.
- 1983
- Atlanta–Fulton Public Library System established.
- Sister city relationship established with Brussels, Belgium.[48]
- 1984 - Sweet Auburn Heritage Festival begins.
- 1986
- Jimmy Carter Library and Museum dedicated.
- Midtown Assistance Center established.[44]
- 1987
- John Lewis becomes U.S. representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district.[53]
- Sister city relationship established with Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.[48]
- 1988
- Democratic Convention.
- Sister city relationship established with Tbilisi, Georgia.[48]
- 1990 - Population: 394,017;[7] metro 2,959,950.
- 1991
- Atlanta Bicycle Coalition organized.
- Land bank established.[54]
- Drepung Loseling Institute opens.[44]
- 1992
- 6 September: Georgia Dome opens.
- SunTrust Plaza and Bank of America Plaza built.
- 1994 - Sister city relationships established with Bucharest, Romania;[48] and Ancient Olympia, Greece.[clarification needed]
- 1995
- October 28: Atlanta Braves baseball team wins 1995 World Series.
- Atlanta Downtown Improvement District established.
- Sister city relationship established with Cotonou, Benin.[48]
- 1996
- Centennial Olympic Park opens.
- 18 May: Centennial Olympic Stadium opens.
- 19 July–4 August: 1996 Summer Olympics held.
- July 27: Centennial Olympic Park bombing.
- 16–25 August: 1996 Summer Paralympics held.
- 24 October: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium closed.
- Sister city relationship established with Salcedo, Dominican Republic.[48]
- 1997
- Centennial Olympic Stadium reconstructed as Turner Field.
- 2 August: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium demolished and parking space built for Turner Field.
- 1998
- City website online (approximate date).[55][chronology citation needed]
- Sister city relationship established with Nuremberg, Germany.[48]
- 1999
- Philips Arena opens.
- Atlanta Thrashers ice hockey team begins play.
- 2000
- Freedom Park dedicated.
- Sister city relationship established with Ra'anana, Israel.[48]
- Population: 416,474; metro 4,112,198.
2000s
- 2001 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper in publication.
- 2002 - Shirley Franklin becomes mayor.
- 2003 - Fermi Project established.
- 2004 - Atlanta Rollergirls established.
- 2005
- 2008
- Delta becomes world's largest airline.[citation needed]
- March 14–15: 2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak.
2010s
- 2010 - Population: 420,003; metro 5,268,860.[56]
- 2011
- Thrashers hockey team are sold and relocated to Winnipeg, Manitoba, becoming the new Winnipeg Jets.
- Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal investigative report issued.
- Atlanta first US city to demolish all public housing projects.[citation needed]
- 2012 - Part of BeltLine path opens.[57]
- 2014 - National Center for Civil and Human Rights opens.
- 2015 - Population: 463,875 (estimate).[58]
- 2016
- Murder Kroger closes.
- Turner Field hosts its last baseball game, with the Braves moving to a new ballpark, SunTrust Park, in Cobb County.
- 2017
- Georgia Dome closes.
- Atlanta United FC begins play in Major League Soccer.
- Interstate 85 bridge collapse occurs.
- Turner Field reconstructed as Georgia State Stadium.
- Mercedes-Benz Stadium opens.
- 2018
- Hackers successfully breach the city's servers, encrypting files with ransomware and disrupting services.
2020s
- 2021 -
- The Atlanta spa shootings occur.[59]
- The Atlanta Braves baseball team win the 2021 World Series.[60]
- History of Atlanta
- List of mayors of Atlanta
- Timeline of mass transit in Atlanta
- Timelines of other cities in Georgia: Athens, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Savannah
- Sister city timelines: Brussels, Bucharest, Cotonou, Fukuoka, Lagos, Nuremberg, Rio de Janeiro, Salzburg, Tbilisi, Toulouse
- Federal Writers' Project 1942, p. 241+.
- "Atlanta History - Tours of Atlanta". www.toursofatlanta.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
- "Timeline of the American Civil War". Britain and the American Civil War. Online Exhibitions. British Library. 2013.
- Cooper, Official History of Fulton County
- Davis, What the Yankees Did to Us
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- "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
- Anthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates, eds. (1999), "Morehouse College", Africana: the Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, New York: Basic Civitas Books, p. 1334, ISBN 0465000711
- Weston Flint (1893), "Georgia", Statistics of Public Libraries in the United States and Canada, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, hdl:2027/mdp.39015034099997
- "About Us". Atlanta: Ebenezer Baptist Church. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
- Andrew F. Smith (2011). "Chronology". Fast Food and Junk Food: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-39393-8.
- Atlanta History Center. "Finding Aids For Archives and Manuscripts". Digital Library of Georgia. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- "American and Western Photographic Societies", International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, New York: E. & H. T. Anthony & Company, 1890
- Vernon N. Kisling Jr., ed. (2001). "Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
- Nell Irvin Painter (2006). "Timelines". Creating Black Americans: African-American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present. Oxford University Press. p. 361+. ISBN 978-0-19-513755-2.
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- Anthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates, eds. (1999), "Atlanta, Georgia", Africana: the Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, New York: Basic Civitas Books, p. 147+, ISBN 0465000711
- Anthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates, eds. (1999), "Atlanta Riot of 1906", Africana: the Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, New York: Basic Civitas Books, p. 148+, ISBN 0465000711
- "A History: the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 1914-1989". Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
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- Kenneth T. Jackson (1992) [1967]. The Ku Klux Klan in the City, 1915-1930. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee. ISBN 978-1-4617-3005-7.
- "50 U.S. Cities and Their Stories: Atlanta", American Influenza Epidemic of 1918-1919: a Digital Encyclopedia, University of Michigan, retrieved February 1, 2016 (includes timeline)
- Nina Mjagkij (1994). Light in the Darkness: African Americans and the YMCA, 1852-1946. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2801-3.
- Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Georgia", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
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- "Atlanta Dogwood Festival History". Atlanta Dogwood Festival. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
- Ross Gregory (2003). "Chronology". Cold War America, 1946 To 1990. Facts on File. ISBN 978-1-4381-0798-1.
- "ARC History, Funding and Membership". Atlanta Regional Commission. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
- Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Georgia", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
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- "Events", Civil Rights Digital Library, Athens, GA: Digital Library of Georgia (Timeline)
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Published in 19th century
- 1860s-1870s
- V. T. Barnwell (1867), Barnwell's Atlanta city directory, and strangers' guide, Atlanta: Intelligencer Book and Job Office, OL 22850965M
- Atlanta City Directory for 1870. Atlanta, Georgia: William R. Hanleiter. 1870.
- William Henry Overall, ed. (1870), "Atlanta", Dictionary of Chronology, London: William Tegg, OCLC 2613202
- Atlanta City Directory for 1872. Atlanta, Georgia: Plantation Publishing Co. 1872.
- Charles H. Jones (1873), "Atlanta", Appletons' Hand-book of American Travel: the Southern Tour, New York: D. Appleton & Co.
- Directory of the City of Atlanta for 1877. A.E. Sholes. 1877.
- E.Y. Clarke (1877), Illustrated History of Atlanta, J. P. Harrison
- "Atlanta" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (9th ed.). 1878. p. 15.
- 1880s-1890s
- Atlanta City Directory. Sholes & Co. 1882.
- Jacob D. Cox (1882), Atlanta, New York: C. Scribner's Sons, OL 7223076M
- I.W. Avery (1885). Atlanta: the leader in trade, population, wealth and manufactures in Georgia. Atlanta: Constitution Publishing Co.
- Wallace Putnam Reed (1889), History of Atlanta, Georgia, Syracuse, N.Y: D. Mason & Co., OL 22882278M
- Atlanta City Directory. Atlanta, Ga.: R.L. Polk & Co. 1891.
- E.R. Carter (1894), The black side: a partial history of the business, religious and educational side of the Negro in Atlanta, Ga., Atlanta
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Atlanta City Directory for 1896. Franklin Printing and Publishing Co. 1896.
- Atlanta City Directory for 1898. Bullock and Saunders. 1898.
- Handbook of the City of Atlanta, Atlanta: Atlanta City Council, 1898
- "City of Atlanta", Rand, McNally & Co.'s Handy Guide to the Southeastern States, Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1899
Published in 20th century
- 1900s-1940s
- "Atlanta", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901
- Edward Young Clarke, ed. (1902), Atlanta: greatest city of the great South, OL 22850070M
- Thomas H. Martin (1902), Atlanta and its builders, Atlanta: Century Memorial Publishing Co.; v.2
- Pioneer citizens' history of Atlanta, 1833-1902, Atlanta, Ga.: Pioneer Citizens' Society, 1902, OCLC 1850685, OL 6609963M
- Atlanta, Carnegie Library of (March 1903), "Finding List Georgia Collection: Atlanta", Carnegie Library Bulletin, vol. 1, no. 8, Atlanta, Ga.
- Atlanta City Directory. Foote & Davies Co. 1914. 1904
- Atlanta, a twentieth-century city, Atlanta: Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, 1904, OL 22850074M
- J.D. Cleaton (1907), Atlanta: Metropolis of the South, Atlanta: Franklin-Turner, OL 24343221M
- "Atlanta", United States (4th ed.), Leipzig: K. Baedeker, 1909, OCLC 02338437
- "Atlanta" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 853–854.
- "Atlanta, Georgia". The Modern City. 3. League of American Municipalities. December 1918. hdl:2027/mdp.39015020070325.
- Atlanta City Directory. Atlanta City Directory Co. 1919.
- Atlanta City Directory. Atlanta City Directory Company. 1922.
- John R. Hornady (1922), Atlanta: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, American Cities Book Company, OL 23279317M
- Federal Writers' Project (1942), "Chronology", Atlanta, American Guide Series, New York: Smith & Durrell, p. 241+
- 1950s-1990s
- "Atlanta, Pacesetter City of the South", National Geographic Magazine, vol. 135, Washington DC, 1969
- Virginia H. Hein (1972). "The Image of 'A City Too Busy to Hate': Atlanta in the 1960s". Phylon. 33 (3): 205–221. doi:10.2307/273521. JSTOR 273521.
- James C. Starbuck (1974), Historic Atlanta to 1930: an indexed, chronological bibliography, Monticello, Ill., OCLC 933763, OL 24980299M
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Blaine A. Brownell (1975). "Commercial-Civic Elite and City Planning in Atlanta, Memphis, and New Orleans in the 1920s". Journal of Southern History. 41 (3): 339–368. doi:10.2307/2206403. JSTOR 2206403.
- George J. Lankevich (1977), Howard B. Furer (ed.), Atlanta: a chronological & documentary history, 1813-1976, American Cities Chronology Series, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, ISBN 0379006189
- Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Atlanta, GA", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
- Clarence N. Stone (1989). Regime Politics: Governing Atlanta, 1946-1988. Studies in Government and Public Policy. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 0700604154.
- George Thomas Kurian (1994), "Atlanta, Georgia", World Encyclopedia of Cities, Vol. 1: North America, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, OL 1431653M (fulltext via Open Library)
- Rebecca J. Dameron; Arthur D. Murphy (1997). "An International City Too Busy To Hate? Social And Cultural Change In Atlanta: 1970-1995". Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development. 26 (1): 43–69. JSTOR 40553316.
- "Georgia: Atlanta", USA, Australia: Lonely Planet, 1999, p. 541+, ISBN 9780864425133, OL 19682441M
- Robert D. Bullard et al., eds (2000). Sprawl City: Race, Politics, and Planning in Atlanta. Washington, DC: Island Press.
- Carole E. Scott; Richard D. Guynn (2000). "The Atlanta Streetcar Strikes". Georgia Historical Quarterly. 84 (3): 434–459. JSTOR 40584340.
Published in 21st century
- Larry Keating (2001). Atlanta: Race, Class And Urban Expansion. Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-4399-0449-7.
- Paul S. Boyer, ed. (2001). "Atlanta". Oxford Companion to United States History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-508209-8.
- Richard Pillsbury, ed. (2006). "Atlanta". Geography. New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. Vol. 2. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. p. 153. OCLC 910189354.
- David Goldfield, ed. (2007). "Atlanta, Georgia". Encyclopedia of American Urban History. Sage. pp. 50–52. ISBN 978-1-4522-6553-7.
- Steve Goodson (2007). Highbrows, Hillbillies, and Hellfire: Public Entertainment in Atlanta, 1880-1930. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-2930-7.
- David L. Sjoquist, ed. (2009). Past Trends and Future Prospects of the American City: The Dynamics of Atlanta. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-7391-3537-2. (About economic aspects of city)
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- "Atlanta", New Georgia Encyclopedia, Georgia Humanities Council
- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Atlanta, various dates.
- Europeana. Items related to Atlanta, Georgia, various dates.
- Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University: Utopian Literary Club (Atlanta, Ga.) records, 1927-2004