The Great Migration was the relocation of the United States’ Black population out of Southern cities and primarily toward the North. This migration was commonly in response to the Jim Crow laws and social structure that was present in the South, and the North was viewed as a place with better opportunities. Whether the North […]
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I was curious about how the Atlanta prison population compared to the general population in the early 1900s because of the increase in hate groups and the reviving of the Ku Klux Klan. I pulled data from a 1910 and 1920 report of the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia as well as US Census […]
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Project #1: Atlanta and Civil Rights
Atlanta, Georgia has been an important location for civil rights for over a century. From being reborn as the city of the New South to acting as the stage for some of Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches, Atlanta has housed many progressive ideals throughout its history. While this may be true, Atlanta still has a […]
