Midtown Counterculture

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In the late 1960s and 1970s, Midtown became a haven for Atlanta's counterculture. Here, young residents of the neighborhood can be seen lounging at a local hangout in 1968. 

Courtesy of Special Collections & Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Midtown Counterculture

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