A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: that a turbulent chapter of Atlanta's history was written here as Blacks sought new housing opportunities equal to their emerging middle-class status.
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African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing
Unidentified men repair the roof of a house. Text from slide presentation: As one drives along the quiet streets of Mozley Park, it is difficult to imagine
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African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, Community development
A view of historic Atlanta homes. Text from slide presentation: One is to list your neighborhood on the National Register of Historic Places, the nation's honor roll of buildings and districts that are significant in local, state or national history.
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African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing
A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: This designation process involves research into a neighborhood's history and documentation of its heritage.
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African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing
A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: It is important that Atlanta's historic African-American neighborhoods be preserved so that the heritage they represent is preserved.
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African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing
A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: Another, stronger way to protect them is through district designation under Atlanta's Historic Preservation Ordinance.
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African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing
A view of a residential street. Text from slide presentation: Designation of your neighborhood can help preserve both the history and heritage that echo across the years.
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African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing
A map of three Black neighborhoods in Atlanta. Text from slide presentation: To illustrate this point, we are going to look at three Black neighborhoods-- Reynoldstown in the east, South Atlanta in the south, and Mozley Park in the west --to see what they can tell us about Atlanta's history.
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African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
A view of two shotgun homes. Text from slide presentation: . . . and shotgun houses like these along Wylie Street. The origin of the shotgun house is much debated, but some
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African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods