White flight
Atlanta Compromise 1973
Black leaders broker a deal that positively affected middle class black teachers
Andrew young deal goal
Business players, whites to get power and black to get money
Racial Composition
By 1980 2/3 of Atlanta was black
What companies saved Atlanta's economy
Coca Cola and Georgia power
Andrew young result
Created jobs and connected Atlanta huge world wide businesses and corporations = black political power+ white economic strength
Richest black county in the nation
Dekalb county
MARTA
Did not want poor whites on bus
What was effected by white flight
Interstate highway, public housing and rezoning
Racial separatism
Militant youth and white racists, more segregation 1970 than 1940
Busing
No whites on bus
White Flight
The departure of white residents from areas where non white people are settling