Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital of and largest city in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the county seat of Fulton County, although a portion of the city (the 1909 annex) is located in DeKalb County. According to the latest census estimates (as of December, 2004), the city has a population of 425,000 and the Atlanta metropolitan area totaled 4,708,297, making it the ninth-largest metropolitan area in the United States and the 41st-largest city proper. Atlanta is arguably a poster-child for cities worldwide experiencing rapid urban sprawl, popul ...

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Atlanta Georgia - Sister cities

Atlanta: Encyclopedia - Battle of Atlanta The Battle of Atlanta was a battle of the Atlanta campaign fought during the American Civil War on July 22, 1864 just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia. Despite the implication of finality in its name, the battle occurred mid-way through the campaign and the city would not fall for another six weeks. During this time, Major General William Tecumseh Sherman had command of the Union armies in the West. The main Union force in this battle was the Army of the Tennessee, under Major General James B. McPherson. He was one of Sherman's an ...

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Atlanta: Encyclopedia - Burns Club Atlanta

The Burns Club of Atlanta was founded in 1896 and is housed in an exact replica of Robert Burns' home. The building (built in 1910) is located just south of the East Atlanta neighborhood in Atlanta. ...

Atlanta: Encyclopedia II - Atlanta, Georgia - People and culture

Atlanta, Georgia - Demographics. The census of 2000 states there are 416,474 people, (423,019 as of 2003 estimates), 168,147 households, and 83,232 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,221/km² (3,161/mi²). There are 186,925 housing units at an average density of 548/km² (1,419/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 61.39% Black, 33.22% White,1.93% Asian,, 0.18% Native American, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.99% from other races, and 1.24% from two or more races. 4.49% of the population are H ...

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Atlanta Falcons - Franchise history

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Atlanta Falcons - Players of note

Atlanta: Encyclopedia II - Brett Favre - Atlanta

Favre was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the second round, 33rd overall in the 1991 NFL Draft. In Atlanta, he was a third-string quarterback with unremarkable numbers and an affinity for partying. He got into repeated clashes with head coach Jerry Glanville. His most notable accomplishments, aside from going 0 for 5 passing with two interceptions that year, were missing the team photo (he'd been out the night before), for which he was fined, and making a $100 bet with Jerry Glanville that he could throw the ball into the upperdeck of Fult ...

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Atlanta Braves - Franchise history

Atlanta: Encyclopedia - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the only major daily newspaper in Atlanta and its suburbs. The AJC, as it is called, is owned by Cox Enterprises. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the result of the merger between the Atlanta Journal and the Atlanta Constitution . The staff was combined in 1982, and all separate delivery of the morning Constitution and afternoon Journal ended in 2001 [1]. Since 2003, the paper has also published < ...

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Atlanta: Encyclopedia - Atlanta Rhythm Section

'Atlanta Rhythm Section (sometimes ARS) is an American southern rock band. The band unofficially formed in 1970 as former members of the Candymen and the Classics IV became the session band for the newly opened Studio One in Doraville, Georgia, near Atlanta. After playing on other artists' recordings, they decided to become a true band in their own right. The members of the original band were Rodney Justo (singer), Barry Bailey (guitarist), Paul Goddard (bassist), Dean Daughtry (keyboardist) and Robert Nix (drummer). Buddy Buie, the band's manager and producer, is listed first ...

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Atlanta Rhythm Section - Discography

Atlanta: Encyclopedia - Alfred Uhry

Alfred Fox Uhry (born December 3, 1936) is an American playwright best known for the play and screenplay of Driving Miss Daisy. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Uhry graduated from Brown University. Uhry's early work for the stage was as a lyricist and librettist for a number of largely unsuccessful musicals, including America's Sweetheart about Al Capone and a revival of Little Johnny Jones starring Donny Osmond. His first major success was The Robber Bridegroom (1975), a musical composed by Robert Waltman based on a novella by Eudora Welty. Uhry recei ...

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Alfred Uhry - Atlanta Trilogy

Atlanta: Encyclopedia - Brett Favre

Brett Lorenzo Favre, pronounced "Farv," (born October 10, 1969 in Gulfport, Mississippi) has been the starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers American football team in the National Football League since 1992. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. He has won three League MVP awards, and has proven himself to be the most durable and loyal in professional sports as he is the only player in the history of modern professional sports to start every single game played by his team fo ...

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Atlanta: Encyclopedia - Annexation

Annexation (Latin ad, to, and nexus, joining) is the legal incorporation of some territory into another geo-political entity (either adjacent or non-contiguous). Usually, it is implied that the territory and population being annexed is the smaller, more peripheral or weaker of the two merging entities. It can also imply a certain measure of coersion, expansionism or unilateralism on the part of the stronger of the merging entities. Because of this, more positive words like politica ...

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Annexation - Examples of annexation

Atlanta: Encyclopedia II - Atlanta Georgia - Infrastructure

Atlanta Georgia - Government. Atlanta is governed by an at-large elected mayor and a city council. The city council consists of representatives of twelve districts from the city as well as three at-large positions. The mayor may veto a bill passed by the council, but the council may override with a two-thirds majority. The current mayor of Atlanta is Shirley Franklin. Possibly owing to the city's African American majority, each mayor elected since 1973 has been black; the uninterrupted string of black mayo ...

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