In 1988, a contingent of hopeful Atlantans traveled to the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, to pitch Atlanta to the executive committee of the International Olympic Committee. But the group was ...

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 several ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Like Atlanta’s unlikely journey to host the 1996 Centennial Olympics, for The Games in Black and White filmmakers George Hirthler and Bob Judson, the path to make the new documentary—premiering at the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Inside the Plaza Towers, on the third floor, is an office with quite the proclamation from 28 years ago. “I was very proud of being part of something that is quite unique,” 88 ...