English Avenue Elementary has been closed since 1995. Author: Neima Abdulahi (11Alive) Updated: 11:14 PM EDT July 1, 2021
ATLANTA A historic elementary school in Atlanta that was bombed during the Civil Rights Movement is getting a second chance to be the epicenter of the English Avenue community in the Westside.
English Avenue Elementary has been closed since 1995. Since then, it has stood vacant and boarded up, with a 50,000 square feet of space in the heart of the residential neighborhood.
In 1960, in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement, the school was bombed. At a time when integrating schools became a vision, segregationists resisted the change nationwide.