The Alarm “A Black Mecca takes care of its own, irrespective of outside involvement.”— Rev. Tarzene Livingston Atlanta risks losing its claim to that title if it continues to overlook the real infrast
Fifty years ago, Atlanta and cities across the nation made bold promises to bring Black businesses into the mainstream of economic life. Mayor Maynard Jackson in the 1970s pushed for equity in contrac
Executive Summary Atlanta’s Black community commands between $70–85 billion in annual spending power , yet most of those dollars leak out of the local economy—captured by corporations that spend over
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