NationalGeographicTravellerAustraliaandNewZealandWinter2018

wINTER ISSUE 2018 79

EAT THIS

in the vast pantheon of southern

classics, biscuits are right up there.

if you’ve never eaten one before, they’re

quite like scones although not as sweet

and most often served at breakfast. head

to Home Grown and you can choose to

have your biscuits plain (just add jam)

or with ham, egg, turkey sausage,

fried chicken or sausage gravy.

SEE THAT

in 1980, ted turner launched the first

24-hour news channel, cnn, and this was

where it all began. the company moved

its weekday anchors and some editorial

staff to new York and Washington in 2014,

but plenty still happens at CNN Center,

the world headquarters. Upgrade the

standard behind-the-scenes tour, where

you’ll see how the news is produced

and broadcast over the world, to the

ViP version and you’ll get inside the

news rooms, studios and control room.

DON’T MISS

it’s probably no surprise there’s a focus

on the history of civil rights in southern

cities, but The Center for Civil and

Human Rights is one of the few to

connect the history of the american civil

rights movement and the struggle for

human rights around the world today.

One of the most powerful displays allows

visitors to sit at a replica lunch counter

and put on headphones to experience

what is was like for young african–

americans who held sit-ins across the

South in the late 1950s. People scream,

the counter moves as if banged and the

stools vibrate as if being kicked. it is a

visceral experience that conveys the

intimidation and discrimination these

non-violent protestors faced daily.

AFTER DARK

atlanta has serious game when it comes

to cocktails, but if you want to sip great

drinks and cut loose, head to The Sound

Table. navarro carr is the man behind

the shaker, mixing concoctions like the

Unvanquished (bourbon, Zirbenz pine

liqueur, maple syrup, lime, orange bitters

and cardamom). Plus, there are DJs daily

and dancing is encouraged.

THAT ONE TIME OF YEAR

it’s a music festival but with a distinct

difference. in June, Tunes from the

Tombs features more than a dozen

local acts playing at Woodlawn

cemetery beneath the magnificent

magnolias. During the day there are

also mini tours where visitors can learn

about some of Woodlawn’s most famous

residents, including Margaret Mitchell,

author of Gone With the Wind.

Atlanta

gEORgIA

If you thought you had to go to

Los Angeles to spot movie stars,

you’d be wrong. The Georgia

film industry ranks third in the

country, and in March this year

29 TV shows and movies were

being produced in and around

Atlanta (The Walking Dead is

filmed about an hour from the

city). Atlanta is also, famously,

the home town of the Coca-Cola

Company, a fact which once

turned around the fate of the

city. In 1964, social conservatives

refused to attend a dinner for

Nobel Peace Prize winner, Martin

Luther King Jr. Coca-Cola CEO

J Paul Austin said the company,

now going international, could

not stay in a city that would

not honour a Nobel Peace Prize

winner. Sixteen-hundred people

attended and it became the night

Atlanta became “too busy to

hate”. Those roots have driven the

city and it’s now diverse, creative

and the capital of the South.

Biscuit with fried chicken

and sausage gravy; visitors

at Atlanta’s Center for Civil

and Human Rights (below).

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