1. Rasse und Ethnie in Atlanta um 1900 3

2. Bevölkerungswachstum und Rassentrennung in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts 4

2.1 Der Atlanta Race Riot und seine Folgen für das soziale Gefüge der Stadt 5

2.2 Das Große Feuer von 1917 und die Neuordnung des Fourth Ward 6

2.3 Segregation und ihr Einfluss auf den Alltag der African Americans 8

3. Auswirkungen des Civil Rights Movement auf die urbane Entwicklung von Atlanta 9

3.1 Die Atlanta Urban League und ihre Verdienste für die black community 11

3.2 Desegregation in Atlanta: Errungenschaften und Probleme 12

3.3. Rassentrennung durch Suburbanisierung 13

14 4. Atlanta heute: eine 'schwarze Stadt'? 5. Quellen 16 5.1 Bildquellen 16 16 5.2 Textquellen

6. Literaturverzeichnis 17

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