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