The Briefing: Atlanta's Visually Curated Black History

Photograph by Louie Favorite. Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Photograph by Curtis Compton. Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Atlanta: Darker Than Blue is a photographic portrayal of Atlanta's history through the lives of its' African American citizens. Created by Black Vrchives, this visual curated history begins with the Civil Rights Era in Atlanta, then highlights the ride of Atlanta's first Black Mayor - Maynard Jackson, the Atlanta Child Murders, 1970s and 1980s, the hip-hop era and Freaknik. The photography is courtesy of  the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center, Georgia State University Library & the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Photograph by Jean Shifrin. Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.