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Aug 26, 2021 · In 2019, the U.S. Census reported that 51% of Atlanta’s residents were Black. However, the new data shows that number dropped to 47% in 2020. That shift has taken place as historically Black...
Jul 1, 2022 · Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2018-2022: 79.8%: Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2018-2022: 11.0%: Computer and Internet Use
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In Metro Atlanta, black Americans are the largest racial minority at 32.4% of the population, up from 28.9% in 2000. From 2000 to 2010, the geographic distribution of blacks in Metro Atlanta changed significantly.
- ‘Stop Displacing Black Families’
- White Flight
- ‘Urban Renewal Means Negro Removal’ – James Baldwin
- ‘A Runaway Train’
- ‘Stand Still’
- A Continuation of The Civil Rights Movement
- ‘Evil Is Persistent’
- ‘Mayor of Summerhill’
- Pushed Into ‘Early Dementia’
- ‘Jim Crow Mentality’
In 1974, Atlanta became the first major southern city to elect an African American mayor, and every mayor since has been African American. The city celebrates itself as home to scores of civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr and John Lewis. Its numerous Black-owned businesses and its strong Black middle and upper class have earned t...
The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s – when Black Americans challenged the system of segregation commonly known as “Jim Crow” that was designed to limit their rights after centuries of slavery – was accompanied by a process of white flight from the inner cities. It was no different for Atlanta, even as, from the 1950s on, it referred to...
Peoplestown’s residents are all too familiar with the unjust patterns of urban development. When city officials wanted to link downtown Atlanta to the expanding white suburbs in the 1950s, three major interstates were constructed in Peoplestown, Summerhill and Mechanicsville, ripping through the heart of these long-established communities and separ...
A large cement lid, where the junction box is located and the source of the overspills, is perched atop the expansive grass stretching across Washington’s block, and sits in the backyard of Bertha and Robert Darden, an elderly couple who have lived in Peoplestown for three decades. Their quaint brick house is adjacent to Washington’s on the other e...
Many of the residents of the contested block in Peoplestown had initially vowed to stick together and fight the city, Bertha says. But after 2015, residents buckled, one by one, settled with the city and moved out. “A lot of the residents in Peoplestown are senior citizens,” Bertha, an evangelist minister, explains. “They didn’t have the energy or ...
The decision to stay and fight the city has not been easy for the Dardens. In 2016, the city sued the residents and condemned three of the homes. The perpetual anxiety of possibly being evicted and having their most cherished possession taken from them at any moment has weighed heavily on the couple. “It’s been eight years of this now. It’s been up...
In 2017, the residents on the block obtained emails they say prove their suspicions that the city was abusing eminent domain to further a green infrastructure project that was outside the scope of assuaging flooding in the neighbourhood. In a series of emails from 2013, a city engineer who was managing the Peoplestown project, Kimberly Palmer – now...
The streets of Peoplestown are lined with blooming crepe myrtles; the trees arch over the neatly paved roads, providing a partial umbrella for cars slowly cruising past colourful, multi-storey homes; the purplish petals fall off the branches and sprinkle the sidewalks. For the new residents, these blossoming trees are likely a beautiful component o...
In 2016, then-Mayor Kasim Reed announced that Jackson would be given special permission to stay in her home, notingthat she has been a “pillar in her community,” and that the decision was made “out of respect for her contributions to her city.” The other residents, however, would still need to relocate. “My mom knew they had only given her permissi...
Dwayne Adgar, 46, is the last unmovable resident on Peoplestown’s contested block. He lives next door to Jackson on Ormond Street. Blue paint peels down from the sides of his modest home, giving it a rundown look compared to the freshly painted tract homes and mini mansions taking over the neighbourhood. Adgar bought his home 20 years ago and paid ...
May 10, 2024 · This year’s 36-page report states that while there are some areas of progress, Black Atlanta residents face persistent barriers. The report also explores how the COVID-19 pandemic and racial unrest in 2020 revealed racial disparities in Atlanta.
Aug 16, 2021 · Census data at the city level also shows a more granular shift in a rapidly changing Georgia. The city of Atlanta grew by about 19% and is no longer majority Black, driven by faster growth among white Atlantans. Black people still make up 46.72% of Atlanta’s 498,715 residents.
Jun 24, 2015 · The unemployment rate for African Americans in Atlanta ( 22 percent) is nearly twice the city’s overall 13 percent, more than three times higher than the rate for their white counterparts ( 6 percent) and more than twice the rate for Latinos ( 9 percent).
