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I remember white flight in the 1960's when East Lake, Kirkwood, Decatur/Dekalb County and Cascade/Ben Hill communities changed drastically from majority white to majority Black neighborhoods. My great-grandparents and an uncle purchased beautiful homes on Mason Avenue in Decatur (near the railroad yard/track, which is another story). My great-grandparents home was still beautiful and well-kept when Edward's Pie Company bought the property in later years.

In many cases of rented homes, white owners would no longer make needed repairs to homes they rented to Blacks, thus causing delapidation and ruin of many rental properties (ghettos); the blame squarely placed on Black renters.

My Dad used his Veteran's Benefits to purchase a home in Ben Hill, which is still a prominent and beautiful Black residential area in Metro Atlanta. White families were jumping out of windows onto moving trucks to "get the heck out of Dodge!" 🤣😂

I hope Georgia remains Blue, but now with an influx of Whites moving back to the city, the State's future is in the air. Democrats must keep working and Metropolitan Atlanta must keep voting out Republicans and others who wish to set Georgia back into the grips of Jim Crow politics.

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Very good read!

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