Atlanta's Olympic Resurgence: How the 1996 Games Revived a Struggling City

The summer of 1996. In nineteen days, six million visitors jostled about in a southern city grappling with white flight, urban decay and the stifling legacy of Jim Crow. Six years earlier, a bold, audacious partnership of a strong mayor, enlightened business leaders and Atlanta's Black political leadership dared to bid on hosting the 1996 Olympic Games. Unexpectedly, the city won, an achievement that ignited a loose but robust coalition that worked collectively, if sometimes contentiously, to prepare the city and push it forward. This is a story of how once-struggling Atlanta leveraged the benefits of the Centennial Games to become a city of international prominence. This improbable rise from the ashes is told by three urban planning professionals who were at the center of the story.

Author: Michael Dobbins, Leon S. Eplan, Randal Roark
Publisher: History Press
Published: 05/03/2021
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781467147248
ISBN10: 1467147249
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,
- Sports & Recreation | Olympics & Paralympics
- Business & Economics | Development | Business Development