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                     U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 4

                  STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed  pursuant to Section  16(a) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[  ] Check this box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
     obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

   Robinson                          Harriett             J.
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   (Last)                           (First)             (Middle)

   3500 Tuxedo Road, NW
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                                    (Street)

   Atlanta                           GA                   30305-1068
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   (City)                           (State)              (Zip)


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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

   Atlantic American Corporation - AAME

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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)

   ###-##-####
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4. Statement for Month/Year

   August 1999
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)


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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
   (Check all applicable)

   [ X ]   Director                             [ X ]   10% Owner
   [   ]   Officer (give title below)           [ X ]   Other (specify below)

                                                  Trustee under Rule 16a-8


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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)

   [ X ] Form filed by one Reporting Person
   [   ] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person


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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                                                                                                6.
                                                                 4.                              5.             Owner-
                                                                 Securities Acquired (A) or      Amount of      ship
                                                    3.           Disposed of (D)                 Securities     Form:     7.
                                                    Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Beneficially   Direct    Nature of
                                      2.            Code         ------------------------------- Owned at End   (D) or    Indirect
1.                                    Transaction   (Instr. 8)                   (A)             of Month       Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security                     Date          ------------     Amount      or     Price    (Instr. 3      (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)                            (mm/dd/yy)     Code     V                  (D)             and 4)         (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock                                                                                                             401 (k)
                                                                                                                         Plan Spouse
                                                                                                       4,379      I      (1***)
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Common Stock                          08/12/99        P                7,000            $3.8125      217,585      D
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Common Stock                           N/A                                                             6,720      D      Joint w/
                                                                                                                         Grandson
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Common Stock                          08/12/99        P               10,000      A      $3.8125    1,974,421     I       2***
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Common Stock                           N/A                                                          3,381,202     I       By Gulf
                                                                                                                         Capital
                                                                                                                         Svcs.(3***)
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Common Stock                           N/A                                                          3,893,256     I       4***
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Common Stock                           N/A                                                          3,948,492     I       5***
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* If the Form is  filed  by more  than one  Reporting  Person,  see  Instruction
  4(b)(v).

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
          owned directly or indirectly.


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FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================ 9. 10. Number Owner- of ship 2. Deriv- of Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature of Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In- cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene- 1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock N/A Common 120,000 I By Spouse Options(6) Stock - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Buy N/A Common 8,000 D (7) Stock - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: *** Beneficial ownership of securities marked by *** expressly disclaimed. (1) Information herein based on plan statement as of July 2, 1999. (2) Includes 743,719 shared held directly by spouse; 936,702 shares held by Delta Life Ins. Co.; and 294,000 shares held by Delta Fire & Casualty Ins. Co. (3) Spouse individually holds a 24% interest in partnership. The remaining partnerships are held in equal shares by Trust for benefit of the reporting person's daughters, with the reporting person as Trustee. (4) By self as Trustee for Robin Robinson, securities directly held by Trust. (5) By self as Trustee for Jill Robinson, securities directly held by Trust. (6) Option to buy Common stock, granted at an option price $2.50 per share under the Atlantic American Corporation 1992 Incentive Plan. (7) Granted pursuant to the Company's 1996 Director Stock Option Plan at option prices ranging from $3.00 to $4.4375. /s/ 9/8/99 - --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedures. Alternatively, this Form is permitted to be submitted to the Commission in electronic format at the option of the reporting person pursuant to rule 101(b)(4) of Regulation S-T. Page 2 of 2 (122797DTI)