The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution was a prominent daily newspaper based in Atlanta, Georgia, known for its influential coverage of Southern politics and culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf daily newspaper ⓘ
newspaper ⓘ
acquiredBy Cox Enterprises ⓘ
acquisitionDate 1950 ⓘ
archivesLocation Atlanta History Center (partial) ⓘ
University of Georgia Libraries (microfilm and digital copies) ⓘ
ceasedToExistAsSeparateTitle 1950 ⓘ
cityServed Atlanta ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
coverageArea Southern United States ⓘ
digitalArchiveAvailable yes ⓘ
distributionFormat broadsheet ⓘ
employed Henry W. Grady ⓘ
Joel Chandler Harris ⓘ
Ralph McGill ⓘ
foundedBy Carey Wentworth Styles ⓘ
James H. Anderson ⓘ
William A. Hemphill ⓘ
frequency daily ⓘ
headquarters Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta
ideologicalRole voice of the New South movement ⓘ
inception 1868 ⓘ
ISSN 0890-0153 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta
mediaType print ⓘ
mergedWith The Atlanta Journal ⓘ
mergerDate 1950 ⓘ
notableEditor Clark Howell ⓘ
Henry W. Grady ⓘ
Joel Chandler Harris ⓘ
Ralph McGill ⓘ
notableFor coverage of Southern culture ⓘ
coverage of Southern politics ⓘ
editorial influence in the New South era ⓘ
OCLCNumber 2097572 ⓘ
originalName The Constitution ⓘ
owner Cox Enterprises ⓘ
politicalAlignment Democratic Party (historical) ⓘ
publisher Constitution Publishing Company ⓘ
regionServed American South ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
subjectOf studies of Southern journalism ⓘ
successor The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ⓘ
linked to: The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal → mergerPartner → The Atlanta Constitution ⓘ
John Martin Couric Jr. → employer → The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ⓘ
linked to: The Atlanta Constitution
John Martin Couric Jr. → employer → The Atlanta Constitution ⓘ
Howell Raines → hasEmployer → The Atlanta Constitution ⓘ
Clark Howell → notableWork → The Atlanta Constitution ⓘ
John Huey → employer → The Atlanta Constitution ⓘ