It is said that, even at the present stage of Southern urbanization, such a city as Atlanta is not distinctly unlike Columbus or Trenton.

Desegregation is beginning in two more important Southern cities -- Dallas and Atlanta.

* 1919 – Eugene V. Debs is imprisoned at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, for speaking out against the draft during World War I.

* 2011 – A 5. 8 earthquake occurs in Mineral, Virginia, the earthquake is felt as far north as Ontario and as far south as Atlanta, Georgia.

The Falcons play their home games at the Georgia Dome in downtown Atlanta, but construction is likely to begin in 2014 on a new stadium with play beginning in the 2017 season.

The Atlanta Falcons Football Team is owned by business man Arthur Blank, and eight limited partners.

The Atlanta Falcons Adviser Board is made up of eleven members: Arthur M. Blank, Henry L. “ Hank ” Aaron, Steve Bartkowski, Glenda Hatchett, David E. Homrich, Felker W. Ward, Jr., Carl Ware, Bill Bolling, Dr. Robert M. Franklin, Ingrid Saunders Jones and Andrew Young ( Ambassador ).

“ The new Atlanta Falcons logo is fresh, strong and dynamic, and yet appreciates the tradition and history of this franchise ,” said Falcons owner and CEO Arthur Blank.

* 1881 – Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.

Cycling is a growing mode of transportation in Atlanta, more than doubling since 2009, when it comprised 1. 1 % of all commutes ( up from 0. 3 % in 2000 ).

Atlanta has a reputation as the " city in a forest " due to an abundance of trees that is unique among major cities.

The city is home to the Atlanta Dogwood Festival, an annual arts and crafts festival held one weekend during early April, when the native dogwoods are in bloom.

However, the problem is being addressed by community organizations and city government: Trees Atlanta, a non-profit organization founded in 1985, has planted and distributed over 75, 000 shade trees in the city, while Atlanta ’ s government has awarded $ 130, 000 in grants to neighborhood groups to plant trees.

Other names were sometimes used before Boston officially adopted the nickname " Braves " in ; the club eventually left Boston for Milwaukee and is now playing in Atlanta, Georgia.

It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke ( a registered trademark of The Coca-Cola Company in the United States since March 27, 1944 ).

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) is a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services headquartered in Druid Hills, unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, in Greater Atlanta., Georgia, as seen from Emory University

The story is set in Clayton County, Georgia and Atlanta during the American Civil War and Reconstruction, and depicts the experiences of Scarlett O ' Hara, the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner, who must use every means at her disposal to come out of the poverty she finds herself in after Sherman's March to the Sea.

Melanie, who is living in Atlanta with Aunt Pittypat, invites Scarlett to live with them.

In Atlanta, Scarlett's spirits revive and she is busy with hospital work and sewing circles for the Confederate army.

If incorporated, Tucker would be the second largest city in the county after Dunwoody ( excluding Atlanta which is mostly in Fulton County ).

Because of this, tourism is the main industry in Helen, catering mostly to weekend visitors from the Atlanta area and also, motorcyclists, who enjoy riding the beautiful roads of the Helen and its surrounding areas during all seasons.

The airport is located mostly in unincorporated areas in Fulton and Clayton counties ; the city limits of Atlanta, College Park, and Hapeville extend to the airport grounds.

In 1920, he organized the world's first " radio dance "; a band on the Georgia Tech campus played " Ramblin ' Wreck from Georgia Tech " and other songs, which were broadcast to a group of about 150 dancers ( mostly Tech students ) situated atop the roof of the Capital City Club in downtown Atlanta .< ref >

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States,, ruled that Congress could regulate a business that served mostly interstate travelers.

This includes the metro Atlanta region, where it failed by a wide margin of 37 % to 63 % overall, and failed in each of the ten counties, despite an advertising campaign that cost eight million dollars, funded mostly by local businesses, and controversially by some community improvement districts.

At the time Atlanta is seemingly populated mostly by women, by men too old or too young to fight, and the wounded returning from the front.

* Scans of vintage ads for clubs and restaurants in Underground Atlanta, mostly from the early 1970s

Despite his family's ancestry being mostly white and himself being blond-haired, blue-eyed, and very fair, White and his family identified as black and lived among the Atlanta black community.

Funded mostly by a US $ 250 million donation from Home Depot co-founder Bernard Marcus, the aquarium was built on a site north of Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta.

For urban mass transit, Ft. McPherson was mostly served by the Lakewood / Fort McPherson MARTA ( Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority ) station.

Democratic dominance in the state occurred in mostly black majority counties in the Black Belt region as well the urban center of the city of Atlanta ( located mostly in central Fulton County ) along with its core southern suburbs ( Clayton and DeKalb County ).

In 2010 their numbers had grown to 560 boutiques of which over 300 controlled by the company, Ermenegildo Zegna Zegna's flagship boutique locations are mostly found in the United States, Europe, Japan and China with megastores in Atlanta, Costa Mesa, California, New York City, Beverly Hills, Houston, Bogotá, Boston, Las Vegas, Lima, Mexico City, London, Milan, Paris, Manila, Madrid, Tokyo, São Paulo, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kuala Lumpur, Santiago de Chile, Ulaanbaatar and Bangkok.

* Southwest Airlines ( WN ), a low-cost airline, mostly runs point-to-point service, but has hub-like operations in Baltimore / Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport ( BWI ), Chicago Midway Airport ( MDW ), Dallas Love Field Airport ( DAL ), Las Vegas's McCarran International Airport ( LAS ), Houston Hobby Airport ( HOU ), Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport ( PHX ), and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ( ATL ).

WABE's mostly classical format has led to controversy in the Atlanta market.

Though the Cryme Tyme gimmick was mostly parody, Gaspard has been arrested numerous times, including arrests for assault in New York, New Jersey, Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, Georgia, Illinois, and California ; looting and robbery in New York and Georgia ; and drug-trafficking in Atlanta.

The Padres did not want Myers, mostly because of the $ 12 million and 2 additional years remaining on his contract as well as the fact that they already had an established closer in Trevor Hoffman, but placed a waiver claim in order to prevent him from going to the rival Atlanta Braves.

These roads, stretching from the current day Philadelphia area to what is now Atlanta ( southern end of the Appalachian Mountains ), were mostly roads built over old Indian trails.

A band on campus played " Ramblin ' Wreck " and other songs, which were broadcast to a group of about 150 dancers ( mostly Tech students ) on the roof of the Capital City Club in downtown Atlanta.

* Lowe did radio spots for Atlanta radio station WKLS ( during its " 96 Rock " era ), mostly advertising for the morning show Regular Guys.

Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Union armies had partially encircled the city of Atlanta, Georgia, which was being held by Confederate forces under the command of General John Bell Hood.

It was the only sizable assault upon infantry and artillery behind breastworks successfully made by either side during the Atlanta campaign.

Sherman had accomplished this much of his job and then inexplicably nullified it by his thirty-mile retreat from Lovejoy's to Atlanta.

Heat during the Atlanta campaign, coupled with unsuitable clothing, caused individual irritation that was compounded by a lack of opportunity to bathe and shift into clean clothing.

But I was deeply moved by his letter of resignation as rector of St. Luke's Church in Atlanta.

At least two private colleges in the Atlanta area now or in the past have had integrated student bodies, but their tax-exempt status never has been challenged by the state.

* 1864 – During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia.

NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle, who had been moving slowly in Atlanta matters, was spurred by the AFL interest and headed on the next plane down to Atlanta to block the rival league's claim on the city of Atlanta.

The first half was a defensive struggle, with the first points coming off of a safety by the Falcons, giving Atlanta a 2-0 lead.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world's busiest airport as measured by passenger traffic and aircraft traffic, offers air service to over 150 U. S. destinations and more than 80 international destinations in 52 countries, with over 2, 700 arrivals and departures daily.

Although Atlanta ’ s lack of bike lanes may deter many residents from cycling, the city ’ s transportation plan calls for the construction of 226 miles of bike lanes by 2020, with the BeltLine helping to achieve this goal.

The Atlanta Plaza skyscraper surrounded by trees

Atlanta ’ s tree coverage does not go unnoticed — it was the main reason cited by ‘‘ National Geographic ’’ in naming Atlanta a " Place of a Lifetime.

Atlanta has 21 sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International, Inc. ( SCI ):

Before this, cities and counties of sufficiently large populations such as most of Metro Atlanta already had Sunday alcohol sales at bars and restaurants, with local ordinances to abide by, such as having a certain amount of food sales in order to be opened and serve alcohol.

The isotope effect was reported by two groups on the 24th of March 1950, who discovered it independently working with different mercury isotopes, although a few days before publication they learned of each other's results at the ONR conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

Unfortunately, the bats went cold in October, as manager Jim Riggleman's club batted. 183 and scored only four runs en route to being swept by Atlanta.

During the game, Atlanta had their 7-game win streak snapped by Florida 5 – 4, meaning the Rockies could reduce their magic number to 3 with a win.