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What makes Atlanta so sacred? It s long been a hub for anything and everything that matters music, art, films, and certainly, as recent current events will attest, politics. But now, perhaps due to the spotlight on politics, people are paying attention to the city s unlimited potential and the supremely talented people who live there.
One such person is Dr. Joycelyn Wilson, the assistant professor of hip-hop studies and digital media at Georgia Tech s Ivan Allen College, who wrote an essay for March issue describing Atlanta s rich history and cultural significance, especially for the Black community. Atlanta, like Wakanda, is a special place for Black Americans, she writes. The difference is there are parts of the mecca mythology that
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To understand the mob violence at the U.S. Capitol, remember the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot
The mob in Atlanta acted out of grievances fueled by false claims from politicians and media. So did the mob in Washington D.C.
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Like millions around the world, I watched in horror on January 6 as a horde stormed the U.S. Capitol, smashing windows and surging into the building as they screamed in rage.
The scenes were appalling because of what they represented: a literal and direct attack on the core of American democracy. But as news anchors described the scene as “unimaginable,” I realized the surge of enraged violence was a scene I’d spent months imagining and have mentally revisited over the past 15 years. I researched and wrote about a gruesome chapter in Atlanta’s history the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot during which 5,000 white men and boys rampaged through downtown Atlanta, destroying Black businesses and homes and killing Black