African-American Atlanta
Today we’ll take a quick look at the most African-American neighborhoods in Atlanta, in case you’d prefer to live there. There are at least two. Mind you, in this case we are referring only to ‘in town’ and not to any of the surrounding suburbs.
Sweet Auburn, which is within five miles of downtown, to the East is rich with black history. This has been the hometown to many African-Americans of all the classes since the early years of the city. As a result the many businesses in this area are in fact mostly black owned and run. Of course, when you want to support your own community, you need to know where to shop.
The other neighborhood we’re looking at today, is Kirkwood. This neighborhood has a totally different history. Originally, it was a ‘white neighborhood’ but in the 1960′s and 1970′s it became a ‘black negihborhood.’
Now, it is a truly racially integrated area. Much of the white population however, may be viewed as mosre transient; people who spend a few years living in the area and then moving onto other places, whereas more of the African-American populace are more permanent settlers.
Atlanta has a wide mixture of areas, based on everything ranging from money, to religion or race. So far we have looked at Buckhead, the ritziest part of town, Little 5 Point, a liberal middle class area that is home to a Jimmy Carter Park and cheap food, and today Sweet Auburn and Kirkland who have a proud African-American feeling.
The last words today are:
1) Kirkland is further out from the center than Sweet Auburn.
2) Most people who work in Atlanta have their job in the Buckhead neighborhood so glam it may be, but it does not afford peace and quiet!
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