Saving The Fox Theatre: Recollections From The National Monuments Foundation CEO

It’s been 40 years since the “Save the Fox” campaign successfully spared Atlanta’s most beloved landmark from demolition. 

How Atlantans first learned of the plan to sell and then destroy the Fox Theatre was due to the efforts of a group of high school students — chief among them, Rodney Mims Cook Jr

A native Atlantan, Cook today is the CEO of the National Monuments FoundationRecently, he spoke with WABE’s Steve Goss. 

A conversation with Rodney Mims Cook Jr.