This podcast is a companion to the city-wide reading of the 1996 Gary Pomerantz book, Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn: A Saga of Race and Family, which chronicles the lives of these mayors and their families in Atlanta. In the upcoming episodes we’ll be reading along with the book and thinking through some big-picture questions that help us better understand Mayors Ivan Allen, Jr. and Maynard Jackson and Atlanta as we know it today.
Podcasts are supported in part by a grant from the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs.
Season 2: 2021
The Atlanta Legacy Makers podcast continues with episodes dedicated to highlighting members of Atlanta’s creative, cultural, and business communities. In this episode, Floyd Hall chats with entrepreneur Ryan Wilson about starting The Gathering Spot, fostering and supporting Atlanta culture, and what drives his decision making.
The Atlanta Legacy Makers podcast continues with episodes dedicated to highlighting members of Atlanta’s creative, cultural, and business communities. In this episode, Floyd Hall chats with Dr. Dax about his start in graffiti, his connections to Atlanta Hip-Hop, and the intention behind his art practice now.
The Atlanta Legacy Makers podcast continues with episodes dedicated to highlighting members of Atlanta’s creative, cultural, and business communities. In this episode, Floyd Hall chats with historian and photographer Sue Ross about her early days in Atlanta, Maynard Jackson’s historic run for mayor, and some of her favorite photos.
The Atlanta Legacy Makers podcast continues with episodes dedicated to highlighting members of Atlanta’s creative, cultural, and business communities. In this episode, Floyd Hall chats with Lain Shakespeare about his family’s roots at The Wren’s Nest, making an impact at MailChimp, and his perspective on a new Atlanta Way.
The Atlanta Legacy Makers podcast continues with episodes dedicated to highlighting members of Atlanta’s creative, cultural, and business communities. In this conversation, Floyd Hall chats with Randy Gue about his connection to Atlanta history, what it’s like to curate an archive, and how the digital era might affect how we collect artifacts in the future.
The Atlanta Legacy Makers podcast continues with episodes dedicated to highlighting members of Atlanta’s creative, cultural, and business communities. In this conversation, Floyd Hall chats with singer/songwriter Ruby Velle about putting down roots in Atlanta and connecting to the city’s history.
The Atlanta Legacy Makers podcast continues with episodes dedicated to highlighting members of Atlanta’s creative, cultural, and business communities. In this conversation, Floyd Hall chats with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms about her earliest understanding of Atlanta mayors, lessons learned at Douglass High School and Florida A&M University, managing life in the public eye, and her own mayoral legacy.
The Atlanta Legacy Makers podcast continues with episodes dedicated to highlighting members of Atlanta’s creative, cultural, and business communities. In this conversation, Floyd Hall chats with artist Shanequa Gay about her Atlanta roots, some of the notable moments and decisions along her art journey, and what gives her a sense of calmness and connection to Atlanta.
Season 1: 2020
Featuring interviews with Gary M. Pomerantz, Author and Lecturer at Stanford University in the Graduate Program in Journalism, Marcy Breffle, Education Manager, Historic Oakland Foundation, and Gordon L. Jones, Ph.D., Senior Military Historian and Curator, Atlanta History Center
Floyd Hall chats with Alex Acosta, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Soul Food Cypher, to discuss the power of words and the legacy of speech to influence Atlanta culture, from Henry Grady to Hip-Hop. Plus, author Gary M. Pomerantz shares some backstory on writing Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn.
Floyd Hall chats with actor/artist Danielle Deadwyler about the concept of Atlanta as a New South Capital and how that notion is reflected in how the city evolves over time. Marcy Breffle of Historic Oakland Foundation sheds some light on how Margaret Mitchell and Gone With the Wind are remembered and interpreted for new audiences at Oakland Cemetery. Plus, author Gary M. Pomerantz shares some backstory on writing Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn.
Floyd Hall chats with Edith Kelman about Atlanta as a segregated city and how the city responded to matters of race and community. Additionally, Alexis Scott discusses the origins of the Atlanta Daily World newspaper, life in segregated Atlanta, and the importance of Auburn Avenue in the era just before the 1960s Civil Rights movement. Plus, author Gary M. Pomerantz shares some backstory on writing Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn.
Floyd Hall chats with Doug Shipman about the backstory of the Civil Rights movement in Atlanta in the 1960s, and how the mix of local government and the business community combined to create moments of change. Additionally, Dr. Todd Michney of Georgia Tech discusses the Ivan Allen Jr. Digital Archive and how the public can connect to its materials. Plus, author Gary M. Pomerantz shares some backstory on writing Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn.
Floyd chats with Dr. Calinda Lee of the Atlanta History Center about the rise of Black City Government in Atlanta in the 1970s, the symbolism and reality of Maynard Jackson’s mayoral terms, and how that era affects contemporary Atlanta. Later, Tiffany Atwater Lee of the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library discusses how the public can access the Maynard Jackson mayoral administration records. Plus, author Gary M. Pomerantz shares some backstory/recitation of Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn.
Floyd Hall chats with Artist/Engineer Raianna Brown and Atlanta City Councilman Amir Farokhi about the impact of the 1996 Olympics on Atlanta and how we remember that important moment in the current era. Plus, author Gary M. Pomerantz shares some backstory/recitation of Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn.
Floyd Hall chats with Beau Allen about his late grandfather, Ivan Allen Jr, and chats with Valerie Jackson about her late husband, Maynard Jackson. Both Allen and Jackson discuss favorite stories, connections to Atlanta, and the responsibility/impact of their respective family legacies. Plus, author Gary M. Pomerantz shares some backstory on writing Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn.