In 1988, a contingent of hopeful Atlantans traveled to the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, to pitch Atlanta to the executive committee of the International Olympic Committee. But the group was ...
The film tells the story of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta through the lens of a historic friendship between Ambassador Andrew Young and Olympic organizer Billy Payne. The duo, one Black and one ...
LEOMINSTER — A display currently featured at the library showcases all things 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta courtesy of a longtime staff member who had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be there ...
In July and August 1996, the world sent its finest athletes to Atlanta. Some athletes came as familiar names from familiar nations. Others had toiled in obscurity. Each came proudly to Atlanta, and ...