| Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn: A Saga of Race and Family Contributor(s): Pomerantz, Gary M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0140265090 ISBN-13: 9780140265095 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $17.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1997 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: The intersection of Peachtree Street and Sweet Auburn mirrors the often separate but mutually dependent relations between whites and blacks in Atlanta. Through hundreds of interviews and five years of painstaking research, Gary Pomerantz, a reporter for the "Atlanta Journal-Constitution", shows how two families, one white, one black, rose to social, economical and political prominence in the capitol of the new South. photos. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - Social Science | Minority Studies |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 96010399 |
| Physical Information: 1.58" H x 5.35" W x 8.06" (1.27 lbs) 688 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Locality - Atlanta, Georgia - Geographic Orientation - Georgia - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A fascinating tale of two cities told through the rise of two of Atlanta's most illustrious political families...highly significant in what it reveals about ambition, hard work, success, and race relations.--David Levering Lewis. |