"This book is an important addition to the literary examination of the Civil Rights Movement. Atlanta nurtured the intellectual, intuitive, and creative spirits of Movement leaders because it was a crossroads of progressive thought, merging a morally conscious academic, religious, and business community into a galvanizing force in American history. Winston A. Grady-Willis takes a serious, researched approach to his analysis of a city often called the 'Little New York' or the 'Gateway to the South.' He helps us understand its contemporary role in modern history as a Gateway to the New America."–U.S. Representative John Lewis