Atlanta has long been known as a center of black wealth, political power and culture; a cradle of the Civil Rights Movement [1] and home to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Purpose of Black History Month Grades: 2-6 Students discover the purpose of Black History Month as well as other historical facts, firsts, and figures about the month-long celebration with a downloadable backgrounder. [27], The Atlanta Jazz Festival in Piedmont Park is one of the largest free jazz festivals in the country and features mostly black artists. Du Bois, or William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, was an African American writer, teacher, sociologist and activist whose work transformed the way that the (See: Demographics of Atlanta: Race and ethnicity by neighborhood) There was a decrease in the black population in the following areas: While there was an increasing black population in these areas: In Metro Atlanta, Black Americans are the largest racial minority at 32.4% of the population, up from 28.9% in 2000. This left at least 28 dead, 25 of them African American,[82] and over seventy people injured. The Atlanta University Center serves as an important site for cultural enrichment and civic engagement. Black America Web Featured Video. [39], The Sweet Auburn Music Festival is a large free outdoor black music event that place every fall in the historic Sweet Auburn district. "[10], Atlanta is home to the Atlanta University Center (AUC), the nation's oldest and largest contiguous consortium of historically-black colleges, comprising Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Spelman College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Interdenominational Theological Center. The neighborhood never recovered. The public school in the South was supplied with black teachers and librarians by Atlanta College. Enter the email address and password you used to join BlackFacts.com. Atlanta owes its existence to the railroads, the routes of which were determined by geography.Lying as it does at the southern extremity of the Appalachian Mountains, it became the gateway through which most overland traffic had to pass between the southern Atlantic Seaboard and regions to the west. The annual event is hosted by the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs. All Rights Reserved. 3. Edgewood Avenue (Old Fourth Ward/Downtown) has a notable concentration of popular black businesses and social spaces. The event showcases several HBCU marching bands and celebrity music artists in front of 50,000+ spectators and fans. In 1839, homes and a store were built there and the settlement grew. Only New York City rivals Atlanta in the number of museums about black history, art and cultural heritage. Producer Fatboi called the Roland TR-808 ("808") synthesizer "central" to Atlanta music's versatility, used for snap, crunk, trap, and pop rap styles. While civil rights efforts predate the city’s involvement, activists quickly found their spiritual center within Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn district, making it home to much of civil rights history. It is one of the largest free outdoor festivals in the Southeastern United States. African slaves in the Atlanta area became divided in their loyalties to the then-current status quo as the American Civil War took place between the Confederacy, of which Georgia was a constituent member, and the Union states; the slavery regime also became harsher against both slave and free Africans, who were severely restricted in their movements by both local and state government in order to prevent desertion of the Africans to the Union side. "Atlanta: The City of the Next Generation". Facts about Clark Atlanta … His father, a white man, was unknown to Washington. The Methodist Episcopal Church's Freedman Aid Society founded a coeducational school for African American legislators that would later become Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University) in Atlanta. [61], In 2009, The New York Times noted that after 2000, Atlanta moved "from the margins to becoming hip-hop's center of gravity, part of a larger shift in hip-hop innovation to the South." in, This page was last edited on 28 January 2021, at 04:11. Advertise on Atlanta's CW69. Login to BlackFacts.com using your favorite Social Media Login. In NPU L (English Avenue, Vine City), the black proportion of the population went down from 97.5% to 89.1%, while the white proportion rose from 1.3% to 6.1%. [53][54], The Cascade Skating Rink is a popular black-owned roller rink that was featured in the movie ATL (film) and is frequently patronized by black celebrities. [51], The Juneteenth Atlanta Parade & Music Festival is one of the largest annual Juneteenth events in the nation. On June 1, 1921, Black Wall Street was destroyed by bombs and fire, killing nearly 300 people. [18][19], Georgia State University (GSU) is a historically white public institution that since the 2010s has been predominately black and composed of more black students than any other university in the nation. We publish narratives intentionally and specifically to enlighten and transform the world. An old-guard black elite, graduated from AUC schools and whose status dates back to the glory days of Sweet Auburn or before, guards its social circles from "new" black money—families such as Herndon, Yates, Bond, Milton, Yancey, Blayton, Rucker, Aikens, Harper, Cooper, Dobbs and Scott. Since 1973, Atlanta has consistently elected black mayors, and two in particular have been prominent on the national stage, Andrew Young and Maynard Jackson. [47], Atlanta Cigar Week is an annual social event that attracts primarily African-American cigar enthusiasts. Showing 0 – 0 of 0 [62] The same article named Drumma Boy, Fatboi, Shawty Redd and Zaytoven the four "hottest producers driving the city". Atlanta Riot of 1906, major outbreak of violence in Atlanta, Georgia, that killed at least 12 and possibly as many as 25 African Americans in late September 1906. In 2008, Atlanta area resident Vernon Jones ran unsuccessfully to become the first African American to win the Democratic primary for representation of the state in the United States Senate. Producer Drumma Boy called Atlanta "the melting pot of the South". The Atlanta Black Pride celebration is the largest in the world for black LGBT people. Atlanta History Center With “Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow,” view art, historical artifacts, photographs and more that illustrate the African American struggle for full citizenship and racial equality that unfolded in the 50 years after the Civil War. 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