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As a center for religion and publishing Atlanta could not rival Nashville, but it made its mark. John Melvin Henson (1887-1972) was an Atlanta-based composer and publisher of gospel music songbooks, and the proprietor of the J. M. Henson Music Company. Henson's company and the gospel songbooks he published were central to the gospel singing conventions that were popular in the South before World War II but declined thereafter.<ref> Wayne W. Daniel, "J. M. Henson, Gospel Music Entrepreneur." ''Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin'' 1996 57(4): 147-153. 0040-3253 </ref>
As a center for religion and publishing Atlanta could not rival Nashville, but it made its mark. John Melvin Henson (1887-1972) was an Atlanta-based composer and publisher of gospel music songbooks, and the proprietor of the J. M. Henson Music Company. Henson's company and the gospel songbooks he published were central to the gospel singing conventions that were popular in the South before World War II but declined thereafter.<ref> Wayne W. Daniel, "J. M. Henson, Gospel Music Entrepreneur." ''Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin'' 1996 57(4): 147-153. 0040-3253 </ref>
[[File:At-peachtree.jpg|thumb|300px|Peachtree Street in 1935]]
====Black Atlanta====
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