On this week's episode, we speak with Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar about his latest book, America's Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy.  America’s Black Capital chronicles how a center of Black excellence emerged amid virulent expressions of white nationalism, as African Americans pushed back against Confederate ideology to create an extraordinary locus of achievement. We examine the methods in which Black Atlanteans pushed for social, economic, and political upliftment through the development of Black collegiate systems, entrepreneurship, and civic engagement.  

Dr. Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar the author of America's Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy.

**Episode Credits:**

• Host: Anita Johnson
• Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang
• Executive Director: Jina Chung
• Editor: Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
• Engineer: Jeff Emtman 
• Digital Media Marketing: Lissa Deonarain

**Music:**

• Andy G. Cohen - Our Young Guts 
• Blue Dot Sessions– Paving Stones

Learn More: 

Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar - <https://history.uconn.edu/person/jeffrey-ogbar-2/>

Atlanta Race Massacre - <https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/30/us/atlanta-race-massacre-1906.html>

Atlanta Race Massacre - <https://www.civilandhumanrights.org/the-atlanta-race-massacre-of-1906/>

Hoke Smith - <https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/hoke-smith-1855-1931/>

Clarke Howell - <https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/clark-howell-1863-1936/>

Tom Watson -  <https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/thomas-e-watson-1856-1922/>

America's Black Capital - <https://www.amazon.com/Americas-Black-Capital-Americans-Confederacy/dp/1541601998>

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