A view of a shotgun house. Text from slide presentation: scholars note that the form is similar to house types that can be traced from Africa, through the West Indies to New Orleans, and from there throughout the south.
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African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
An angled view of a shotgun house. Text from slide presentation: One of the most prominent features of a shotgun house, and almost any historic southern house, is the porch.
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African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
A view of homes located in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: During the first decades of the twentieth century, Reynoldstown grew toward Moreland Avenue on the east ...
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African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
View of homes in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: It is a place where formerly enslaved people settled in order to make new lives for themselves and their families.
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African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
View of a street in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: And part of that revitalization effort includes a renewed interest in the history of Reynoldstown.
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African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
A plat showing the lots to be subdivided and sold. Text from slide presentation: Because administrators wanted to build a community that extended beyond the university itself, they organized special committees to build local streets, advertise land lots for sale and encourage development. This plat shows the first lots to be subdivided.
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African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African American universities and colleges
A map of south Atlanta. Text from slide presentation: A community that reveals another aspect of Atlanta's Black history is South Atlanta, located in the southeastern section of the city.
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African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, Railroads
View of homes built around Clark University. Text from slide presentation: The people who lived here were faculty members and administrators, teachers,
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African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African American universities and colleges
View of one of the homes built around Clark University. Text from slide presentation: . . . many of the homes that were built along the streets directly east of Clark campus still stand.
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African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African American universities and colleges