Never the Twain Shall Meet: Margaret Mitchell and W.E.B. Du Bois
Oct 21, 2025 11:45 AM
Sheffield Hale, Director, Atlanta History Center
Never the Twain Shall Meet: Margaret Mitchell and W.E.B. Du Bois

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F. Sheffield Hale is President and CEO of Atlanta History Center. Prior to joining Atlanta History Center in 2012, he served as Chief Counsel of the American Cancer Society, Inc. and was a Partner practicing corporate law in the firm of Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP.

Mr. Hale serves as a Trustee of the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Buckhead Coalition, Midtown Alliance, and The Westminster Schools. He is a Past Chair of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, Atlanta History Center, St. Jude’s Recovery Center, Inc., and the State of Georgia’s Judicial Nominating Commission. He was the Chair of the City of Atlanta Cyclorama Task Force and the Co-Chair of the Advisory Committee on City of Atlanta Street Names and Monuments Associated with the Confederacy. Mr. Hale was a recipient of the 2021 Georgia Governor’s Award for Arts & Humanities.

Mr. Hale received his B.A. in History from the University of Georgia summa cum laude in 1982, and received his J.D. in 1985 from the University of Virginia School of Law. He is a member of the American Law Institute.

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