Author: Bettye Collier-Thomas
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Category : Atlanta (Ga.)
Languages : en
Pages : 142

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Author: Alexia Wynelle Benson
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Category : Atlanta (Ga.)
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Author: Georgia. Local Government Commission of Fulton County
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Category : Atlanta Metropolitan Area (Ga.)
Languages : en
Pages : 186

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Author: Ronald H. Bayor
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807860298
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 362

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Atlanta is often cited as a prime example of a progressive New South metropolis in which blacks and whites have forged "a city too busy to hate." But Ronald Bayor argues that the city continues to bear the indelible mark of racial bias. Offering the first comprehensive history of Atlanta race relations, he discusses the impact of race on the physical and institutional development of the city from the end of the Civil War through the mayorship of Andrew Young in the 1980s. Bayor shows the extent of inequality, investigates the gap between rhetoric and reality, and presents a fresh analysis of the legacy of segregation and race relations for the American urban environment. Bayor explores frequently ignored public policy issues through the lens of race--including hospital care, highway placement and development, police and fire services, schools, and park use, as well as housing patterns and employment. He finds that racial concerns profoundly shaped Atlanta, as they did other American cities. Drawing on oral interviews and written records, Bayor traces how Atlanta's black leaders and their community have responded to the impact of race on local urban development. By bringing long-term urban development into a discussion of race, Bayor provides an element missing in usual analyses of cities and race relations.

Author: David L. Sjoquist
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN: 1610445066
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 311

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Despite the rapid creation of jobs in the greater Atlanta region, poverty in the city itself remains surprisingly high, and Atlanta's economic boom has yet to play a significant role in narrowing the gap between the suburban rich and the city poor. This book investigates the key factors underlying this paradox. The authors show that the legacy of past residential segregation as well as the more recent phenomenon of urban sprawl both work against inner city blacks. Many remain concentrated near traditional black neighborhoods south of the city center and face prohibitive commuting distances now that jobs have migrated to outlying northern suburbs. The book also presents some promising signs. Few whites still hold overt negative stereotypes of blacks, and both whites and blacks would prefer to live in more integrated neighborhoods. The emergence of a dynamic, black middle class and the success of many black-owned businesses in the area also give the authors reason to hope that racial inequality will not remain entrenched in a city where so much else has changed. A Volume in the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality

Author: Rebecca Burns
Publisher: Clerisy Press
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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"During the hot summer of 1906, anger simmered in Atlanta, a city that outwardly savored its reputation as the Gate City of the New South, a place where the races lived peacefully, if apart, and everyone focused more on prosperity than prejudice. But racial hatred came to the forefront during a heated political campaign, and the city's newspapers fanned its flames with sensational reports alleging assaults on white women by black men. The rage erupted in late September, and, during on of the most brutal race riots in the history of America, roving groups of whites attacked and killed at least twenty-five blacks. After four days of violence, black and white civic leaders came together in unprecedented meetings that can be viewed as either concerted public relations efforts to downplay the events, or as setting the stage for Atlanta's civil rights leadership half a century later. Rebecca Burns brings this horrifying yet fascinating moment in history to life, delivering a drama you won't want to put down."--BOOK JACKET.

Author: David Andrew Harmon
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780815324379
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 370

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First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author: David Fort Godshalk
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780807856260
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 390

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Veiled Visions: The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot and the Reshaping of American Race Relations

Author: Theda Perdue
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820342017
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 219

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The Cotton States Exposition of 1895 was a world's fair in Atlanta held to stimulate foreign and domestic trade for a region in an economic depression. Theda Perdue uses the exposition to examine the competing agendas of white supremacist organizers and the peoples of color who participated. White organizers had to demonstrate that the South had solved its race problem in order to attract business and capital. As a result, the exposition became a venue for a performance of race that formalized the segregation of African Americans, the banishment of Native Americans, and the incorporation of other people of color into the region's racial hierarchy. White supremacy may have been the organizing principle, but exposition organizers gave unprecedented voice to minorities. African Americans used the Negro Building to display their accomplishments, to feature prominent black intellectuals, and to assemble congresses of professionals, tradesmen, and religious bodies. American Indians became more than sideshow attractions when newspapers published accounts of the difficulties they faced. And performers of ethnographic villages on the midway pursued various agendas, including subverting Chinese exclusion and protesting violations of contracts. Close examination reveals that the Cotton States Exposition was as much about challenges to white supremacy as about its triumph.

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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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