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Reuben Cannon (born February 11, 1946 [1] ) is an American film producer and casting director. Cannon was the first black casting director in Hollywood; he was the head of television casting for Warner Brothers from 1977 to 1978, and started his own casting agency in 1978 (Reuben Cannon & Associates). Through this company, he has cast nearly ...
The Colored American of Augusta, Georgia, from December 30, 1865. This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in Georgia. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first such newspaper in Georgia was The Colored American, founded in Augusta in 1865. [1] However, most were founded in Atlanta .
The Atlanta Times was a short-lived conservative daily newspaper published in the early 1960s in Atlanta, Georgia.The first major effort at a new paper in the Atlanta area since 1903, [1] it was launched in mid-1964 by former U.S. congressman James C. Davis to advance the cause of racial segregation in the United States and to combat "radicalism", and had ceased publication by September 1965. [2]
The Intelligencer was a weekly, and later daily newspaper first published in Atlanta on June 1, 1849 as The Weekly Intelligencer. [1] The founders were Benjamin Bomar, Zachariah A. Rice, Jonathan Norcross and Ira O. McDaniel. [2] [3] During the American Civil War, the newspaper had great trouble acquiring paper from its supplier, the paper mill ...
1925 [1] Headquarters. Atlanta, Georgia. Circulation. 15000 [1] Website. www .atlantajewishtimes .com. The Atlanta Jewish Times ( AJT) is a weekly community newspaper serving the Jewish community of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Its owner and publisher is Michael Morris.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ( AJC) is an American daily newspaper based in metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. It is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the result of the merger between The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution. [2] The two staffs were combined in 1982.
The city of Atlanta, Georgia, in Fulton County, was an important rail and commercial center during the American Civil War. Although relatively small in population, the city became a critical point of contention during the Atlanta Campaign in 1864 when a powerful Union Army approached from Union-held Tennessee. The fall of Atlanta was a critical ...
The Great Speckled Bird was a counterculture underground newspaper based in Atlanta from 1968 to 1976 and 1988 through 1990. [1] [2] Commonly known as The Bird, [2] it was founded by New Left activists from Emory University and members of the Southern Student Organizing Committee, an offshoot of Students for a Democratic Society.