In a moment of national unraveling, one man had the courage to stand against greed, complacency, and the erosion of public trust.
This week’s Stories of Atlanta begins in the spring of 1932, as the Great Depression tightened its grip on the country. New York’s governor had come to Atlanta to speak to the graduating class of Oglethorpe University.
What he gave them wasn’t just a commencement address, it was a call to courage…a speech that named names, challenged assumptions, and laid out a startlingly bold vision for what America might become.
The words he spoke that day traveled far beyond Georgia, impacting not just the graduates, but the very concept of presidential power.
