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Community development -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Subseries I: Bureau of Planning records, 1909-1979, undated

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents Bureau of Planning records document the efforts of the City of Atlanta government and Metropolitan Planning Comnmission (later named Atlanta Regional Commission) to peacefully integrate Atlanta neighborhoods in the 1950s and 1960s as African Americans sought to purchase homes in neighborhoods occupied by white residents. In 1952, Atlanta Mayor William Hartsfield set up the West Side Mutual Development Committee (WSMDC), a bi-racial citizens committee that worked with civic groups, real...
Dates: 1909-1979, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / ahc.CityofAtlanta, City of Atlanta Records / VI. Planning and Community Development