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===1920-1945===
===1920-1945===
====Chamber of Commerce====
The [[Chamber of Commerce]] is a local private organization that supports civic activism and economic growth in the community. Its members are local businesses and not-for profit organizations (such as hospitals and universities). It represents "[[Main Street]]" (that is, locally owned businesses, but also includes branches of national chains.
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce was deeply interested in the urbanization and industrialization of both Atlanta and Georgia. [[Henry Grady]] (1851-89) was their model, 'the spirit of Atlanta,' whom all southern businessmen sought to emulate in elevating the South. In an effort to attract northern capital and further industrialization, the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce boosted and published information about the labor force, particularly its skill, cleanliness, and docility, observing that the Blacks accepted segregation and were good workers. They also became interested in agricultural growth, improvement in productivity, in the cultural and economic value of the state education system, and the talent of its businessmen.<ref>Charles Paul Garofalo, "The Sons of Henry Grady: Atlanta Boosters in the 1920s," ''Journal of Southern History'' 1976 42(2): 187-204, [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2206750 in JSTOR] </ref>
====Great Depression====
====Great Depression====
As a commercial city with a small industrial base, Atlanta suffered less during the Great Depression than most northern cities. Nevertheless unemployment was high and times were hard.
As a commercial city with a small industrial base, Atlanta suffered less during the Great Depression than most northern cities. Nevertheless unemployment was high and times were hard.