The Legend of the Black Mecca: Politics and Class in the Making of Modern Atlanta

by Maurice J Hobson and Maurice J. Hobson

Book Overview

For more than a century, the city of Atlanta has been associated with black achievement in education, business, politics, media, and music, earning it the nickname "the black Mecca." Atlanta's long tradition of black education dates back to Reconstruction, and produced an elite that flourished in spite of Jim Crow, rose to leadership during the civil rights movement, and then took power in the 1970s by building a coalition between white progressives,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146965475X
• ISBN13: 9781469654751
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.2" x 9.2"