In the above map, you can see where I grew up and where I moved to for college. Elberton is a small town that is nicknamed the Granite Capital of the World. I visited Cleveland, Georgia often as a child, and it is 20 minutes away from Dahlonega. I was familiar with the area, and […]
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The above graph depicts the change in population over time for both Atlanta, Georgia as well as Savannah, Georgia. Savannah, Georgia is the oldest city in Georgia; however, as can be clearly seen in the graph, Atlanta overtook Savannah in population size in a matter of 40 years. This graph was created from a data […]
1908-1922 Prison Data
This data set is documenting the number of prisoners that were cataloged from the years 1908 to 1922. This data includes numbers from prisons across the country; therefore, it is not solely looking at Atlanta, Georgia. The original chart that the data was derived from broke down the prisoners by sex and then further broke […]
Questions about Atlanta
In much of my research so far, I have focused on racial tension and hate groups in Atlanta. From this research, I have gained a few questions regarding these features in Atlanta’s history. How many hate crimes or lynchings were committed by members of hate groups? How do murders of Black people versus white people […]
Population Changes
Atlanta, Georgia first saw citizens in the 1850s as the population went from 0 to 2,572.1 Atlanta’s population steadily grew for over a century, surpassing Savannah’s total population in the 1880s. Savannah is Georgia’s oldest city, and its population had been growing since the 1800s; however, in just 40 years of its establishment, Atlanta was […]
Atlanta, Georgia
I chose Atlanta, Georgia because of a previous class I had taken that went over the history of Georgia. At the end of the class, we reviewed the book White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism by Kevin M. Kruse. I found this book interesting, and I wanted to learn more about Atlanta’s […]