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Archive Atlanta
Hosted by Victoria Lemos · EN
A weekly history podcast sharing stories about the people, places and events that shaped the city of Atlanta.
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Atlanta Churches - Part I
May 17, 2019Tap to summarizeThis week, we're focusing on five downtown Atlanta churches - how they came to be, when were they built and what stories they hold. Learn about Father's O'Reilly's act of heroism, how you can hear a 169 year-old bell ring, the church of Mayor Andrew Young and why dancing almost got someone ex-communicated. www.archiveatlantapodcast.com/ Email: thevictorialemos@gmail.com FB: www.facebook.com/archiveatlanta IG: www.instagram.com/archiveatlanta Links: https://ugapress.org/book/9780820349350/historic-rural-churches-of-georgia/ https://www.sacredheartatlanta.org/save-the-spires.html
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Nov 30, 2018Tap to summarizeToday, I finally get to tell one of the most important histories of Atlanta. In 1913, Atlanta is only 50 years out of the Civil War, but there are still huge resentments between the North and South. Georgia’s child labor standards were the nation’s worst, with children as young as ten years old working. Populist, Tom Watson, was lighting the fire underneath the anti-Catholic, anti-black and anti-Jew rhetoric. In this climate, Leo Frank is charged with Mary Phagan's murder, tried, sentenced and then has his sentence commuted...only to be lynched in Marietta by the 'Knights of Mary Phagan'. If you don't know this story, you need to hear this episode! Links: https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Shall-Rise-Murder-Lynching/dp/0679764232 http://bittersoutherner.com/from-the-southern-perspective/miscellany/a-hole-in-the-oheart-of-georgia-state-prison-farm-demolition Map of all the Leo Frank-related sites: https://www.bing.com/maps?v=2&encType=1&cid=B381A84E094A8587!217
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