“In the stories spun by its supporters, Atlanta had done the impossible.” That impossible according to those supporters is to navigate the difficult process of integration (or more so desegregation) of the 1940s through the 1960s. Kevin Kruse, of course, suggests that that process was a lot more rocky than otherwise stated, and also not actually particularly integrated in the end. The opening statement does speak to some relative success, but that success is less about white people in Atlanta looking for an equitable way […]