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Hawks Learn About Atlanta's History and Cultural Impact from "Day in the A"

by Cassidy Allen Chubb

"The South got something to say."

Andre 3000 said that now-iconic line at the 1995 Source Awards, and twenty-five years later those words couldn't ring truer. From Atlanta's deeply rooted history being at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement, to putting southern hip-hop on the map, this city arguably sets trends and leads cultural movements. With so much history, cultural impact and influence, there's a lot to be said about the city known as the "Dirty South."

Atlanta has turned into a transplant city with people from all over, including every single player on our roster.