Important historical and cultural events have marked the history of Atlanta making it the city that it is today, including its unique ethnic and economical characteristics. Hollywood chose it in the 30’s for the famous scene of the fire in “Gone with the Wind”, the Coca-Cola Company elected the Capital of Georgia as the first site to produce the famous drink at the end of the nineteenth century and Martin Luther King Jr. chose it as the fulcrum of the movement for civil rights of the African-American population in the 50’s and 60’s.Thanks to its fast growing economic development and its progressive attitude, Atlanta is also named the 'Capital of the New South' and it will always be known as the first city in the entire country to elect a black mayor.