1986/1996
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.
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
General Photographs Collection
1986/1996
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.
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
General Photographs Collection
1986/1996
A view of homes located in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: . . . and toward Fair Street (now Memorial Drive) toward the south.
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
General Photographs Collection
1986/1996
A man repaints a home in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: But today, neighborhood residents are working to revitalize their community.
African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Community development
General Photographs Collection
1986/1996
Commercial buildings in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: . . . and commercial buildings.
African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American business enterprises
General Photographs Collection
1986/1996
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 ...
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
General Photographs Collection
1986/1996
A building located in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: In the 1950s, with the decline of the railroads, Reynoldstown began to decline.
African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Buildings and grounds
General Photographs Collection
1986/1996
View of the Atlanta and West Point train depot. Text from slide presentation: . . . a train depot �
Railroads, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
General Photographs Collection
1986/1996
View of homes in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: Now, more than ever, it is important that we remember how Reynoldstown came to be
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
General Photographs Collection
1986/1996
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.
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
General Photographs Collection
1986/1996
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.
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
General Photographs Collection
1986/1996
View of homes in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: They succeeded �they built a community that has survived over one hundred years.
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
General Photographs Collection
1986/1996
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.
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African American universities and colleges
General Photographs Collection
1986/1996
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.
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, Railroads
General Photographs Collection
1986/1996
A view of Carver High School. Text from slide presentation: Its red brick and white stone tower still dominates the neighborhood.
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Education
General Photographs Collection
1986/1996
View of homes built around Clark University. Text from slide presentation: The people who lived here were faculty members and administrators, teachers,
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African American universities and colleges
General Photographs Collection
1986/1996
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.
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African American universities and colleges
General Photographs Collection
1986/1996
The old gymnasium built for Clark University. Text from slide presentation: The other building remaining from the campus is the old gymnasium.
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Education
General Photographs Collection
1986/1996
A storefront on Jonesboro road. Text from slide presentation: . . . and shopped in the stores on Jonesboro Road ...
African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American business enterprises
General Photographs Collection
1986/1996
View of homes built around Clark University. Text from slide presentation: craftsmen, store owners, seamstresses, milliners, and housekeepers.
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African American universities and colleges
General Photographs Collection
