2021-02

This week, we’re talking about Atlanta’s love of Scotland. While there wasn't exactly a Scottish settlement or specific neighborhood, Scots did immigrate to the Atlanta area and I’ll explain why and where. Aside from those immigrants, there was also an infatuation with Scotland and especially poet Robert Burns. So this week, we’re going to cover all of these Scottish history rabbit holes - The Caledonian Society, Burns Club and Atlanta Scottish Association.
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Norfolk Southern has just announced they are backing out the plans to build a transfer terminal on the former Chattahoochee Brick site. While there is still a lot left to do, I wanted to replay this episode from April of 2019. 
The end of the Civil War marked the end of slavery in the US...right? In all Southern cities, convict leasing booms in the post-war period and the largest user of the system was right here in Atlanta. This week, I am sharing the history of Chattahoochee Brick and the English Family.
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The Montgomery bus boycott officially ended a month after the court deemed racial segregation on buses was illegal. U.S. cities with similar segregation ordinances understood that no challenge to their laws would stand, but they weren't going to willingly desegregate. Instead, it would take a group of 6 Atlanta ministers, led By Rev. William Holmes Borders, and this movement - the Love, Law and Liberation Movement, to bring integration to our city.
 
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Atlanta’s Office of Housing & Community Development recently created a revised zoning plan and I got to interview director Josh Humphries to find out some history, the new plan's details and next governmental steps. 
By 2050 Atlanta expects our population to (more than) double and right now, we're the 316th densest city in the US...so there is room to grow and it’s up to Atlanta residents to decide how that growth is going to happen - will we continue to be the one of the most racially and economically segregated in county, or will we have a place where all different income levels live in the same neighborhoods? 
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