Join us on Wednesday, Sept. 23 for a lecture from Katie Marages, CED Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation. The lecture will be held in JSB Lecture Hall 123.

The lecture, “Bankhead and Beyond: Public Housing, Public Relations, and Politics in 1970s Atlanta,” will trace how media portrayals in this time period reinforced images of public housing as dangerous, dysfunctional and beyond repair, even as Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson sought to reframe these images using public relations. The lecture will underscore how public housing’s fate in Atlanta was shaped as much by public relations, political performance, and media representation as by bricks‑and‑mortar conditions on the ground.

We hope to see you there!

Special thanks to our corporate sponsors who made this year’s lecture series possible: