The Reckoning: Stand Up Speak Out Make Change
Leading up to and after the Women’s March of 2017, Georgia activists, Lucy Hargrett Draper, and her niece, Chrisy Erickson Strum documented emerging and ongoing activism through what they are…
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The Great Speckled Bird: What a Beautiful Thought I’m Thinking
This exhibit explores the history and legacy of Atlanta’s pioneering underground weekly newspaper, The Great Speckled Bird (1968-1976). The paper was launched in 1968, a year of protests and political…
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The Art of Nursing & Caring for the Sick and Afflicted: The Grady School of Nursing Legacy
The Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, chartered in 1898, was the first nursing school in Georgia and served as a cornerstone to the education and training of nurses in…
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Unpacking Manuel’s Tavern
Unpacking Manuel’s Tavern preserves the organic archive of Atlanta’s political left that has been inscribed on the walls of this local restaurant and bar over the past half century.
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Tracing a History of Atlanta’s Public Transit
Atlanta, originally named Terminus, has a profound history which is extensively intertwined with transit. This project visualizes how the city's public transit system, now a shadow of what it once was,…
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The Sprawling of Atlanta: Visualizing Metropolitan Area Change, 1940s to Present
The Sprawling of Atlanta digital project invites the public to visualize the extensive built environment and demographic changes that have occurred throughout the metropolitan region from 1940 to the present.…
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A History of Radio Broadcasting in Georgia: Exploring Georgia Radio
This exhibit documents the history of radio broadcasting in the state of Georgia over a 50 year period from its inception in 1922 through the 1970s. Content and materials used…
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Out in the Archives: Gender and Sexuality Collections at Georgia State University
This exhibit highlights the parts of Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ history that are most fully documented by the collections currently in our custody. The Gender and Sexuality Collections at Georgia State University…
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