A display currently featured at the library showcases all things 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta courtesy of a longtime staff ...

ATLANTA — Nearly 30 years after Atlanta hosted the 1996 Summer Olympics, merchandise from the games is making a comeback; especially among younger generations who weren’t alive when the event took ...

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 ...

ATLANTA - All eyes are on Paris right now, as the City of Light hosts the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. But 28 years ago, it was Atlanta’s turn in the global spotlight — and an Atlanta History Center ...

We Atlantans awaited the summer of ‘96 with enthusiasm – we’d spent thousands of dollars on Olympic tickets, some involving sports for which we had limited familiarity – and dread. How would traffic ...

Gold-colored commemorative medal for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. The obverse and reverse feature images and words in relief. The obverse features the official emblem of the 1996 Summer Games, a ...

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 ...

My tenure with the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) extended from November 1995 through August 1996 and beyond. This period was not only professionally enriching but also personally ...

ATLANTA — Businessman A.D. Frazier, one of the key figures responsible for bringing the 1996 Olympic Games to Atlanta, has passed away at the age of 80 at his home in North Georgia. He was CEO of ...