Thanks in part to the leadership of Mayor William B. Hartsfield, Atlanta did not experience the unrest and violence that Little
Rock and New Orleans did during integration. This helped to earn Atlanta what nickname? A) "Hotlanta"
B) "Dogwood City"
C) "The Athens of the South"
D) "The City Too Busy to Hate"
The correct answer is D. Atlanta's nickname is "The city too busy to hate", thanks to Mayor William B. Hartsfield work, who restimulated Atlanta's image as a national center for aviation and business during the African-American Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s, fostering the settlement of international companies in the city.
In this way, despite being located at the epicenter of the racial conflict, its inhabitants were not involved in the conflicts, due to the very dynamics of the city, which was more focused in economic growth than in social struggles.
