N A B R U GLE N U J WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY ROSE SMITH
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tlanta is widely referred to as the “Black Mecca� of the South. Its rich history includes the former home of civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the establishment of the Atlanta University Center and the first historically black colleges. But instead of continuing to build on its deeprooted history, Atlanta has been allowing the loss of historic black neighborhoods to redevelopment and gentrification.