Karen Cook, then pursuing a master’s degree in Anthropology at Georgia State University, delved into the topic of school redistricting... Read More
Call for Proposals Eleventh Annual Atlanta Studies Symposium Visions of Atlanta April 12, 2024 Emory University Atlanta, Georgia Our city... Read More
In the following blog post, author Tony Harris introduces and details his decade-old Cherokee Garden project. The Cherokee GardenGreen Meadows... Read More
10th Annual Atlanta Studies Symposium ThursdayMay 11, 2023 Historic Academy of Medicine at Georgia Tech875 W Peachtree St NW Atlanta,... Read More
Call for proposals for the 10th annual Atlanta Studies symposium on May 11, 2023. Read More
The individual stories that combine to form the history of Atlanta take place across the neighborhoods and landscapes of the... Read More
Please join us for our upcoming Fall 2022 Atlanta Studies Meetup at Manuel’s Tavern on October 24th, 2022 from 7:00... 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
“Certainly,” Jim Auchmutey of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes, Atlanta is “the gay oasis of the South—the place with the most... Read More
On May 29, 2020, four days after the murder of George Floyd, CNN reporter Omar Jimenez, an Afro-Latino reporter from... Read More
A collection of Atlanta-based scholarship that was published elsewhere in 2020. 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
