The Archive

50 Stories
Louise Trice poses for a portrait during an interview for Capital B's oral history project.
Atlanta, GA • 1960s

How Growing Up In Rural Georgia Taught Me The Power Of Community

Paulah Wheeler poses for a portrait during an interview for Capital B's oral history project.
Atlanta, GA • 2020s

Black Health Is About More Than Medicine

Michael Williams wears a black bandana and red shirt while posing for a portrait at Piedmont Park.
Atlanta, GA • 2020s

Learning About The Black Panthers Changed How I Saw Liberation

Atlanta, GA • 1980s

The Day I Escaped A Klan Rally At Stone Mountain

Atlanta, GA • 2020s

The Black Seniors Who Remember Atlanta Before the Stadiums

Portrait of Brian Page seated during an oral history interview in front of a collage of historic photographs and community images.
Atlanta, GA • 2020s

I Organized a Gas Station Boycott Because Racism Should Cost You Customers

Atlanta, GA • 1970s

My Father Built Atlanta’s First Black History Museum. Now I Lead It.

Atlanta, GA • 1960s

I Watched Atlanta Police Kill an Unarmed Black Man in 1966. It Changed My Life.

Atlanta, GA • 1960s

I Was the First Black Graduate of UGA, and I Was Treated Like a Trespasser

Atlanta, GA • 1980s

I Spent 30 Years on the Bench in Atlanta, and Saw What Happens When You Give People a Different Path

Atlanta, GA • 1960s

I Witnessed the ‘Whites Only’ Signs Come Down. Then I Saw What Replaced Them.

Atlanta, GA • 1960s

My Sit-Down With MLK’s Father in 1968 Sparked My Passion to Feed Atlanta’s Homeless

Portrait of a former Tri-Cities High student sitting on a bench in Centennial Olympic Park during an oral history interview about school desegregation.
Atlanta, GA • 1970s

Once We Had the Same Resources as White Students, Everything Changed

Atlanta, GA • 1960s

The First Time I Marched, a Man Put a Cigarette Out on My Arm. I Didn’t Flinch.