Ghosts of Atlanta: Cultural Gentrification of the Black Mecca

by Rhana Gittens Wheeler

Once heralded as the "Black Mecca of the South," Atlanta's Black community is currently under threat of dislocation by cultural gentrification. Amid the city's urban renaissance, residents face rising property values, taxes, and rents, as well as the more insidious loss of a collective identity and belonging. In Ghosts of Atlanta: Cultural Gentrification of the Black Mecca, author Rhana Gittens Wheeler examines the fading echoes of African...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496853377
• ISBN13: 9781496853370
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"