Like many major cities across the country, Atlanta has been hit hard with gentrification that has pushed too many longtime Black residents from their homes. And the very neighborhood where civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.once called home in Georgia’s capital city was no exception.
The Old Fourth Ward area has been popular with tourists for its location of King’s childhood home on Auburn Avenue. But for those who have lived there for years, it was one of the most historic Black neighborhoods in a city renowned for its Black culture.
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“It is the cultural and spiritual heart of Atlanta. King was born and preached here,” Atlanta City Councilman Amir Farokhi, who moved to the neighborhood in 2015. “The neighborhood has gotten whiter, younger and arguably more affluent.”
Source: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Former Neighborhood Is Becoming Unaffordable To Black Folks
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