Freedom on Film: Atlanta

Freedom on Film: Atlanta

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Web site with information about the Civil Rights movement in Atlanta, Georgia. The site contains several essays about the history of the movement in Atlanta; each essay also has discussion questions and suggestions for classroom activities. The essays document events, people, and places significant to the movement in Atlanta and the surrounding areas. In addition to the overview essay, other essays describe: the Barbwire Theater production of The Cage in October 1969; a press conference held on September 8, 1971 in which Huey Newton announces plans to bring the Black Panther Party to Atlanta; an anti-war demonstration held in Piedmont Park on August 7, 1971 in which Fannie Lou Hamer spoke; the Pickrick restaurant, Lester Maddox, and the 1964 Civil Rights Act; the Students for a Democratic Society protest during the 1969 mayoral election; the community and civil rights visions of Maynard Jackson and Andrew Young; the March 1964 conflict between the Atlanta pol! Web site with information about the Civil Rights movement in Atlanta, Georgia. The site contains several essays about the history of the movement in Atlanta; each essay also has discussion questions and suggestions for classroom activities. The essays document events, people, and places significant to the movement in Atlanta and the surrounding areas. In addition to the overview essay, other essays describe: the Barbwire Theater production of The Cage in October 1969; a press conference held on September 8, 1971 in which Huey Newton announces plans to bring the Black Panther Party to Atlanta; an anti-war demonstration held in Piedmont Park on August 7, 1971 in which Fannie Lou Hamer spoke; the Pickrick restaurant, Lester Maddox, and the 1964 Civil Rights Act; the Students for a Democratic Society protest during the 1969 mayoral election; the community and civil rights visions of Maynard Jackson and Andrew Young; the March 1964 conflict between the Atlanta pol! Freedom on Film is a component of the Civil Rights Digital Library, which received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

[Athens, Ga.] : Freedom on Film

2008

Civil Rights Digital Library Collection (Digital Library of Georgia) Freedom on Film (Project) Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

Cite as: Freedom on Film : Civil Rights in Georgia, http://civilrights.uga.edu/ For permission to use story passages or images from the Web site, contact Dr. Barbara McCaskill at bmccaski@uga.edu.

http://civilrights.uga.edu/bibliographies/atlanta/

Atlanta (Ga.) Fulton County (Ga.)