ATLANTA
Fulton County Seat • Georgia’s Capital City
“The A” • “ATL” • “Empire City of the South”
Atlanta’s motto is “Rising again”. Atlanta was incorporated on December 29, 1847. Atlanta is home of historic places like Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park, Big Bethel AME Church … founded in 1847 and Ebenezer Baptist Church … founded in 1886.
Atlanta is home to The Coca-Cola Company. In 1889, the formula and brand were sold for $2,300 (roughly $68,000 in 2021) to Asa Griggs Candler, who incorporated The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta in 1892. By 1895, Coca-Cola was being sold in every state in the union.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is based in Atlanta as of January 1, 2018 when the Druid Hills CDC location was annexed by the City of Atlanta.
During the 1950s and 1960s, Atlanta became a major organizing center of the civil rights movement, with Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph David Abernathy, and many other locals playing major roles in the movement’s leadership.
Henry Louis Aaron (February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021), nicknamed “Hammer” or “Hammerin’ Hank”, was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama. He was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1954 through 1976.
His 755 career home runs broke the long-standing MLB record set by Babe Ruth and stood as the most for 33 years; Aaron still holds many other MLB batting records. He hit 24 or more home runs every year from 1955 through 1973 and is one of only two players to hit 30 or more home runs in a season at least fifteen times.
After the 1976 season, Aaron rejoined the Braves as an executive. On August 1, 1982, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, having received votes on 97.8 percent of the ballots, second only to Ty Cobb.
Andrew Jackson Young Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Atlanta celebrated the 90th birthday of Andrew Young on March 12, 2022. New Orleans is home of Andrew Young, born on March 12, 1932, in New Orleans, to Daisy Young, a schoolteacher, and Andrew Jackson Young Sr., a dentist. Later moving to Atlanta.
Young attended Dillard University for one year before graduating from Howard University. He then earned a divinity degree from Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1955. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
Young became a U.S. Congressman, United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Young was the first African American to hold the position. Later he became the 55th mayor of Atlanta.
Atlanta’s economy is progressive and its considered very diverse, with dominant sectors that include aerospace, transportation, logistics, film and television production (often called Hollywood of the South), media operations, professional and business services, medical services, personal services, retail sales, and information technology.
Professional sports teams like the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball, the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association, the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League, and Atlanta United FC of Major League Soccer find support in Atlanta and beyond. In addition, many of the city’s universities participate in collegiate sports.
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