To what degree do owners and renters in general, and Black owners and renters in particular, have access to high-quality and high-opportunity neighborhoods in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area? Read More
Karen Cook, then pursuing a master’s degree in Anthropology at Georgia State University, delved into the topic of school redistricting... Read More
In this excerpt from her recent UGA press monograph Diverging Space for Deviants: The Politics of Atlanta's Public Housing, Akira Drake Rodriguez examines the role of Black women in tenant association activism and their pursuit for social and spatial justice. Read More
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a Black man living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was killed by a white police officer, triggering what may have been the largest mass movement in U.S. history with between 15 and 26 million Americans participating, forcing a reexamination of the urban governance strategy known as, "The Atlanta Way." Read More
Michael Camp recounts John Lewis's stance in relation to the 1987 Mariel Cuban uprising in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. Read More
“Certainly,” Jim Auchmutey of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes, Atlanta is “the gay oasis of the South—the place with the most... Read More
After a brief pause in Q2 of 2020, large corporate investors operating in Atlanta and elsewhere increased their purchases during the pandemic, and by summer of 2021, were purchasing homes nearly twice as quickly than in 2019. During this timeframe, large corporate buyers comprised 17% of all purchases of single family rentals, with purchases ramping up through 2021, such that these firms comprised 25% of all home purchases by Q2 of 2021. After the pandemic began, these large corporate investors increased purchases in places with high housing instability risk, and those hit hard by COVID19. Should their market share grow, and concerns continue with regard to eviction, maintenance, and rate hikes, finding ways to regulate these firms will remain an important policy concern. Read More
The Atlanta Studies Editorial Staff and members of the Editorial Board strongly condemn Emory University’s decision to invite a police... Read More
In the following excerpt from the third chapter of Red Hot City: Housing, Race, and Exclusion in Twenty-First Century Atlanta, author Dan... Read More
Clif Stratton examines how race shaped Atlanta’s historical efforts to memorialize the accomplishments of the home run king, Henry Aaron. Read More
“Southern hip-hop deromanticizes the mountaintop as prime real estate” of achievement by “the breaking of limitations about the South as... Read More
A collection of statements offered during the April 29, 2024 faculty and staff solidarity gathering, "Hands off Our Students." Read More
