We're also excited to publicly announce the appointment of Taylor Shelton @jtsphd.bsky.social as the new executive editor of Atlanta Studies! You can read Taylor's editorial introduction and more about his vision for Atlanta Studies at the link below 👇

Hannah Palmer is a writer and artist from Atlanta’s Southside who will deliver our other keynote address. A longtime friend of Atlanta Studies, Hannah’s latest book “The Pool Is Closed: Segregation, Summertime, and the Search for a Place to Swim” was published this past fall by LSU Press.

Dr. Jeffrey Ogbar, professor of history at the University of Connecticut, will deliver the annual Cliff Kuhn Memorial Lecture. Dr. Ogbar is a Morehouse alum and author of the recent book "America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy”.