Civil Rights Museum

[Andrea]

No problem. I also think it's important to note that the Atlanta metro area includes more predominantly Black affluent neighborhoods than your average metro area. So residential segregation may not necessarily positively correlate with impoverished minority neighborhoods in the Atlanta area to the same degree it does in other metro areas.

[Pillsbury]

There have certainly been some tremendous civil rights leaders from Atlanta, but the city itself doesn't exactly have the most illustrious track record when it comes to race relations. Don't they say Atlanta is still one of the most segregated cities in the country?

Also, while I realize museums need money to survive, it makes me vaguely uncomfortable to think of a civil rights museum in terms of an "attraction" like the world of Coke and the Aquarium. I can't put my finger on why, however.

[Andrea]

When other Southern cities responded with riots to the idea of integration, Atlanta quietly integrated its schools.

[krazeeboi]

Yes, I agree.

Have you by chance heard Dr. Robert Holmes talk called Deja Vu or Significant Change? I think he says the segregation index is actually up from what it was in the 1960s.