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Hotlanta is one of the top 3 destinations of Black travelers
"Sweet Auburn" Avenue
"Sweet Auburn”, is also home to one of the nation's oldest Black business districts. This district is camparable to that of Harlem in history and at the present moment. The district boasts the second largest Black life insurance company, Americas oldest Black radio station, one of it's largest Black banks, and one of the oldest Black newspapers.

According to SoulAmerica.com Sweet Auburn, has the largest concentration of national Black historic attractions in one district which includes:
"The Black Mecca"
The Atlanta University Center (AUC) has six historically Black colleges and produces more Black post graduates than any College system besides Howard University.

The nation's largest Black construction company, H.J. Russel Company, projects include several downtown skyscrapers, additions of the Georgia World Congress Center and the airport.  Some of the America's largest Black auto dealerships are Atlanta as well as Magic Johnson 2nd Cineplex.
History
Atlanta's demographics were similar to that of Northern Georgia and did not have a major Black presence until after the civil war. Although African Americans were concentrated in Georgias "Black Belt" in the central and southern parts of the state, Blacks made up more than half of the Black population by the late 1800s.

In the 1960s Atlanta minister Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., emerged as leader of the civil rights movement, bringing increased prominence to the city.

  • Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. birth home
  • Ebenezer Baptist Church
  • King Center for Non-Violent Social Change
  • Ebenezer Baptist Church, and a national visitor center. 
  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference headquarters,
  • SCLC W.O.M.E.N., Inc.
  • Sweet Auburn Curb Market 
  • APEX Museum Collection of Life and Heritage, Inc.
  • Auburn Avenue African American Research Library,
  • 100 Black Men of America National Headquarters
  • 100 Black Men of Atlanta
  • Georgia Coalition of Black Women
  • Georgia Coalition For The Peoples Agenda
  • Atlanta Daily World - first Black owned daily newspaper
  • MLK March / African African-American Renaissance Festival
  • Sweet Auburn Theatre Company
  • Tyler Perry Studios
  • Underground Railroad Quilt Code Museum
  • Tru Colors Theatre Company
  • National Black Arts Festival
  • National Coalition of 100 Black Women Metro Atlanta Chapter
  • Rainbow PUSH Coalition
  • Hosea Feed The Hungry
Major Black events include Sweet Auburn Festival, Atlanta Football Classic and the National Black Arts Festival.  The Black entertainment industry is in blossom here with the likes of Usher, Ludacris, Babyface, LA Reid, Too Short, Peabo Bryson and Whitney Houston.

With more than 60 thousand Black owned companies, Atlanta is busting at the seams with Black Entrepreneurs. More than 25% of black adults in Atlanta have degrees which accounts for the large numbers of African Americans in major and mid-sized corporations. One of the first things you will notice in any of the cities business districts is that Black men and women are not scarce from any industry here. Is Atlanta's the "Black Mecca"? If not than who is?
4,828,838
1,502,745
177,200
48%
24%
39,516
15%
25%
63,940
8.6%
99,551
4%
1%
44%
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49%
2%
612,759
11%
25%
9%
>1%
53%
2%
MARITAL STATUS
(Population 15 years and over)
Now married
Widowed
Divorced
Separated
Never married
Male
503,642
42%
2%
10%
3%
43%


All Blacks
1,110,372
36%
4%
13%
4%
43%
All Atlanta
3,740,179
53%
4%
11%
2%
30%
Female
606,730
31%
6%
15%
5%
43%
392,723
Estimated number of Black residents in Fulton County in 2005, which leads the 10-county region. Next is DeKalb (377,038), then Clayton (166,439) and Cobb (149,159).

+59,915
Total net change in Black residents of Gwinnett County from 2000 to 2005, the largest net gain in the 10-county region. Next is Clayton (+42,896), then Cobb (+32,605) and Henry (+28,011).

+159%
Percent change in Black residents of Henry  (17,661 to 45,672) from 2000 to 2005, the largest percentage increase in the 10-county region. Next are Cherokee (+148%; 3,624 to 9,001), Rockdale (+109%; 12,906 to 26,993) and Douglas (+107%, 17,200 to 35,636). The percent change in the 10-county region was 14.7 percent.

(US Census Bureau - 2005 estimates; processed by the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC))
1.36 million
Number of Black residents who call the 10-county Atlanta region home as of 2005, comprising roughly 35 percent of the total population. Nationally, Blacks comprise 13.4 percent of the total population.

245,982
Number of Black residents added from 2000 – 2005 to the Atlanta region, the largest net gain of any racial or ethnic group. Since 2000, the 10-county region has added 156,111 Whites, 131,650 Hispanics/Latinos and 49,298 Asians.
Black Metro Atlanta by the Numbers
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