Oh Atlanta: Hank Aaron, Randy Newman, Ted Turner, And The Sounds Of Little Feat
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1974. It was a rich year for Atlanta’s cultural scene and its place in the national spotlight. In January, the same month Bob Dylan played two nights at the Omni, Maynard Jackson was sworn in as the city’s mayor. Jackson, a singular and formidable politician, was the first Black man elected to the top office of Georgia’s capital city. On April 8, another Black man, Hank Aaron, the left fielder for the Atlanta Braves, took a swing off an Al Downing slider and put it over the left field fence of Atlanta Stadium, and in doing so became Baseball’s All-Time Home Run Champion. 715 Home Runs. One more than Babe Ruth. A headline on the front page of the next morning’s Atlanta Constitution proclaimed, “Yowie! Yowie! Yowie!”
Oh Atlanta: Hank Aaron, Randy Newman, Ted Turner, And The Sounds Of Little Feat
Oh Atlanta: Hank Aaron, Randy Newman, Ted…
Oh Atlanta: Hank Aaron, Randy Newman, Ted Turner, And The Sounds Of Little Feat
1974. It was a rich year for Atlanta’s cultural scene and its place in the national spotlight. In January, the same month Bob Dylan played two nights at the Omni, Maynard Jackson was sworn in as the city’s mayor. Jackson, a singular and formidable politician, was the first Black man elected to the top office of Georgia’s capital city. On April 8, another Black man, Hank Aaron, the left fielder for the Atlanta Braves, took a swing off an Al Downing slider and put it over the left field fence of Atlanta Stadium, and in doing so became Baseball’s All-Time Home Run Champion. 715 Home Runs. One more than Babe Ruth. A headline on the front page of the next morning’s Atlanta Constitution proclaimed, “Yowie! Yowie! Yowie!”