This Day in History

Tomorrow is April 6.  If we were to turn Georgia's clock back 77 years to this date in 1936, we'd be witness to massive destruction visited upon Gainesville from tornadoes spawned by a storm system that had swept across the South.  

Georgia State University Associate Professor of History Dr. Clifford Kuhn revisits the tragic event with WABE's Steve Goss.

Today is Feb. 20, and if we were to turn Georgia's clock back to this date in 1970, we'd find the Georgia General Assembly voting in favor of ratifying the 19th Amendment -- more than 50 years after it had become law.

Georgia State University Associate Professor of History Dr. Clifford Kuhn talks with WABE's Steve Goss about the events that led to the passage and ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote.

Today is February 1, and if we were to turn Georgia's clock back 280 years to this date in 1733, we'd find General James Edward Oglethorpe and a band of settlers from England landing at Yamacraw Bluff on the Savannah River.  

Georgia State University Associate Professor of History Dr. Clifford Kuhn revisits the event with WABE's Steve Goss.

Today is January 9, and if we were to turn Atlanta's clock back 56 years to this date in 1957, we'd witness the beginning  of a movement to desegregate the city's public buses.  

Here, WABE's Steve Goss talks with Georgia State University Associate Professor of History Dr. Clifford Kuhn. 

Yesterday was October 10, and if we were to turn Atlanta's clock back 32 years to this date in 1980, we'd find the federal government establishing the Martin Luther King, Jr National Historic Site and Preservation District. 

Ten years earlier, Dr. King's tomb had been placed next to Ebenezer Baptist Church on Auburn Avenue.  Here, WABE's Steve Goss talks to Georgia State University associate professor of history, Dr. Clifford Kuhn.

Today is September 24, and if we were to turn Georgia's clock back 123 years to this date in 1889, we'd find the doors opening to a new school for girls, just east of Atlanta. 

Here, WABE's Steve Goss talks with Georgia State University associate professor of History Dr. Clifford Kuhn about the origins of what was to become Agnes Scott College.

Today is June 18, and if we were to turn Atlanta's clock back 150 years to this date in 1862, we'd find seven captured"conspirators" being hanged for their role in a daring plot against Confederate forces.  Here, WABE's Steve Goss talks with Georgia State University's Associate Professor of History, Dr. Clifford Kuhn.

Today is May 17th, and if we were to turn Atlanta's clock back 52 years to this date in 1960, we'd find hundreds of students marching from the Atlanta University Center to the State Capitol in protest of racial segregation.  Here, WABE's Steve Goss talks with Georgia State University associate professor of history Clifford Kuhn about a key event in Atlanta's civil rights movement.