Atlanta: Quick Facts

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Art from Ted Turner's collection to be sold by Christie's • Nov. 11, 2026, 10:00 AM ET (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Handwritten draft of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech to go on display in Atlanta • Nov. 10, 2026, 12:37 PM ET (CBS)

Why this Georgia bakery is crowned No. 1 in state by Food Republic • Nov. 9, 2026, 1:55 PM ET (Savannah Morning News)

Letters Festival in Atlanta focus on food writing, erotica, art of translation • Nov. 8, 2026, 5:00 AM ET (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Sold-out arenas, 3.3 million viewers for Game 7: The WNBA postseason surges in numbers • Nov. 4, 2026, 11:14 AM ET (AP)

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Confederate fort on Peach Tree Street in Atlanta, Georgia

Union troops attacking Atlanta during the American Civil War

Cotton States and International Exposition of 1895

Ebenezer Baptist Church

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s childhood home in Atlanta

1973 election of Maynard Jackson as mayor of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

Skyline of Atlanta

A photo of several Delta Air Lines aircraft at the gates of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Renzo Piano discussing his design for Atlanta's High Museum of Art

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