Tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of the Atlanta International Pop Festival:

Before there was Woodstock, there was Atlanta Pop. Forty years ago this weekend, an unimaginable multitude descended upon the Peach State for a weekend of peace and music that essentially marked the birth of a new South.

Cultural fallout from 1967's Summer of Love in San Francisco still drifted across the country, and so-called "hippie districts" had taken root in major metropolises. Birmingham had not made the cut, but in Atlanta, something was definitely happening in Midtown, particularly around 14th Street.