Preservation of African American Spaces: Case Study of Sweet Auburn Neighborhood of Atlanta,Georgia
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White, Reginald Jr.
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The Sweet Auburn neighborhood has some of the richest histories for the African American community in the City of Atlanta. Many famous businessmen and women, lawyers, priests, and civil rights leaders for Atlanta all have connections or bases in this neighborhood. Leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr, Alonzo Herndon, and Madam C.J Walker to name a few. Unfortunately, like many African American neighborhoods over the years and post-urban-renewal, this community had seen a lot of disinvestment and neglect. Today, the significance of the neighborhood’s location in relation to the downtown district and the Atlanta BeltLine are major reasons this neighborhood is now becoming a premier community for people to live, work, visit, and invest. The core of this report will be the importance of preserving African American spaces not only physically but culturally as well. This will be done by reviewing the history of Sweet Auburn, examining the barriers and value of preserving historically African American spaces, and how past events have created a perfect storm for redevelopment, gentrification, and cultural change.
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2022-05
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