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