Atlanta
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Atlanta was plundered by the Union army during the Civil War. (See Sherman's march to the sea.)
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He’s expected to join the Dodgers around the team’s end-of-August road trip to Atlanta and Detroit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The top 30 after that event will progress to the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta which has a $40m prize fund.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
He had traveled to New York by bus from Atlanta about 10 days before the crime, US prosecutors said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
But the Atlanta Fed’s own wage tracker showed the bottom quarter of earners had the lowest median wage growth of any income group, a pattern that has held every month since October 2024.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
Numerous black colleges were located in Atlanta, and the city was home to the South’s largest population of college-educated African Americans.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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