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1909 - Architectural Arts League of Atlanta organized. 1910 Population: 154,839; metro 522,442. Restaurants segregated; other Jim Crow laws follow. [citation needed] 1911 - Atlanta Debutante Club founded. 1913 Georgia Tech starts "evening college", now Georgia State. Augusta Institute established founded in 1867 is renamed Morehouse College. 1914
The Piedmont Exposition Company was founded in June 1887 by a group of men who met in the offices of the Atlanta Constitution. The company's chief purpose was to organize the Piedmont Exhibition for the purpose of exhibiting the natural resources of the Piedmont region, including Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama. [1]
Festivals in Atlanta. The annual Atlanta Dogwood Festival, held in Piedmont Park. Virginia Highland Summerfest. Atlanta St. Patrick's Day Parade on Peachtree Street, 2013. Dragon Con parade. The Peachtree Road Race. Atlanta's mild climate and plentiful trees allow for festivals and events to take place in the city year-round.
The Atlanta Film Festival (ATLFF) is an international film festival held in Atlanta, Georgia and operated by the Atlanta Film Society, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. . Started in 1976 and occurring every spring, the festival shows a diverse range of independent films, with special attention paid to women-directed films, LGBTQ films, Latin American films, Black films and films from the ...
Buckhead Restaurant Week is happening from July 22 through July 27. Some of the participating restaurants include Davio's, Southern Gentlemen, Gypsy Kitchen, South City Kitchen, Citizens Market ...
Opening. September 18, 1895. Closure. December 31, 1895. Specialized expositions. The Cotton States and International Exposition was a world's fair held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States in 1895. [1] The exposition was designed "to foster trade between southern states and South American nations as well as to show the products and facilities of ...
Atlanta History Center is a history museum and research center located in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia. The Museum was founded in 1926 and currently consists of nine permanent, and several temporary, exhibitions. Atlanta History Center's campus is 33-acres and features historic gardens and houses located on the grounds, including ...
Freaknik ( / ˈfriːknɪk /; originally Freaknic) was an annual spring break festival in Atlanta, Georgia. It was initially attended by students enrolled at historically black colleges and universities in the Atlanta University Center. [1] It began in 1983 as a small picnic in a public park near the Atlanta University Center sponsored by the D ...