- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Olympics Out of Cobb pamphlet
- Contributor to Resource:
- Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1994
- Subject:
- Arts--Georgia
Culture - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Cobb County, 33.94147, -84.57667
- Medium:
- photograph
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Pink pamphlet created in support of the grassroots Olympics Out of Cobb County movement. The front and back sides of the pamphlet are pictured. The front depicts a KKK member in a robe, carrying a torch and a confederate flag, implying that the figure is the mascot of the 1996 games. The back pamphlet summarizes the issue at hand and gives a call to action.
Olympics Out of Cobb (OOOC) was a grassroots movement resisting the decision by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) to hold the preliminary volleyball competition in Cobb County. The county came under scrutiny from local and national LGBTQ+ rights groups in 1993 when the Board of Commissioners passed a resolution condemning “gay lifestyles.” Cobb’s commissioners refused to rescind the resolution and the events were ultimately moved to Athens. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/olympics-out-of-cobb/oooc_004/
- Original Collection:
- Olympics Out of Cobb
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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