New Book About Stone Mountain's History to Be Presented

Paul Hudson, an  graduate, will unveil Wednesday night his new 156-page book Atlanta’s Stone Mountain: A Multicultural History.

According to the Oglethorpe University blog, the book takes the reader back more than 300 million years, examining the Stone Mountain's significance, and how emancipation occurred in the Stone Mountain area during the Civil War, as well as the struggles of the Confederate Memorial carving.

Hudson and his partner Lora Pond Mirza will debut the book at a launch event at Georgia Perimeter College, where both are faculty members, Wednesday, June 15. The book also may be purchased at the Oglethorpe bookstore or online at Amazon.com.

To learn more about the book, read Oglethorpe's blog.