Atlanta, quintessential city of the new American South, has been promoting itself as a haven of racial harmony.
But plans to turn Margaret Mitchell 's (author of Gone With the Wind) house into a new museum and centre for dialogue have been frustrated by repeated arson attacks. As the Olympics approach and the heat rises, can the city sweep its history under the carpet? Richard Coles visits some of the city's spectacular new buildings and landscaping, and talks to the diferent communities about the impact of the Olympics and its likely legacy. Producer Ann Mane O'Callaghan