“Black Hollywood.” It's the nickname given to Atlanta by so many who have seen the star power coming out of the bustling city. There are the names you know, like Tyler Perry, Halle Bailey, Storm Reid, and Kenan Thompson. There are also the names you should know, like Carleek Owens, Challedon Saltor and Mac Wells.
The city was officially named after the governor's daughter (twice) Call it The Big Peach, The Big A, A-Town, Dogwood City, or even New York of the South…
In the 1920s, Hunter Street (now Martin Luther King Drive) and Collier Heights became the black elite neighborhoods of choice, while today areas in far southwest of the city around Camp Creek Marketplace, neighborhoods such as Niskey Lake, are also popular.
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What part of Atlanta is mostly black?
60% of the city's area consists of predominantly black neighborhoods: together, Northwest, Southwest, and Southeast Atlanta are 92% black. there are some areas that are predominantly white, notably Buckhead and Northeast Atlanta (NPUs F and N) which are on average 80% white.
In Atlanta, the police have divided the city into six different patrol zones. The city's Eastside is known as Zone 6, both by the police, hip-hop artists, and many of the local residents. Occasionally, they shorten Zone 6 to just “the 6,” as well.
OTP, or Outside the Perimeter, is all of the areas in the Atlanta metro area that are outside of Interstate 285. This vast area spreads in all directions from the city center– the Atlanta metro area covers an area close in size to the state of Massachusetts.
The city has been referred to as a Black mecca since the 1970s due to its economic opportunities, Black political power, educational institutions, and its role in Black arts and culture.
Jackson, Mississippi has the highest percentage of African Americans among cities in the United States, accounting for more than 80% of the city's population. It is often referred to as the blackest city in America.
This has led neighborhoods in the Baldwin Hills — a collection of affluent wealthy and middle-class areas including Baldwin Hills Estates, Ladera Heights, Baldwin Vista, and especially View Park — to be known as “The Black Beverly Hills.”
Hollywood North is a colloquialism used to describe film production industries and/or film locations north of its namesake, Hollywood, California. The term has been applied principally to the film industry in Canada, specifically to the city of Vancouver, British Columbia.
"OTP" means "one true pair/pairing," according to Merriam-Webster. The term comes from "shipping" within fandom culture. "Shipping" refers to creating a relationship between two characters or people who are not previously romantically linked, says Merriam-Webster. So, OTP refers to a fan-made couple.
"Hot 'Lanta" is an instrumental piece performed by the Allman Brothers Band. It debuted on their live album At Fillmore East, released in July 1971, the fifth track on the album. "Hotlanta" is a controversial nickname for Atlanta, Georgia, and is a portmanteau of the words "hot" and "Atlanta".
The name "Buckhead" comes from a story that Irby killed a large buck deer and placed the head in a prominent location. Prior to this, the settlement was called Irbyville. By the late 1800s, Buckhead had become a rural vacation spot for wealthy Atlantans.
The factory churned out bricks that built modern Atlanta around the turn of the 20th century. They're literally the foundation of homes, streets and sidewalks here. The people who made those bricks, mostly Black men, had been arrested and forced to work, living in filth, eating rotting food, being beaten.
The Lost City of Atlanta is a mythical ruin city underwater in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It was once believed lost for centuries and some regarded it only as a legend and myth. It was not until the Planet Express crew stumbled upon the city and proved the legends true.
The 19 households bought nearly 100 acres near Toomsboro, Georgia, to create a self-sustaining, new Black town. They wanted to call it Freedom, Georgia, launching the Freedom Georgia Initiative.
Eatonville is the oldest all-Black town in the United States. Incorporated in 1887 by twenty-seven Black men, the town served as a beacon of freedom and autonomy to Black Floridians and other Black Southerners living through the racial violence and oppression of the Reconstruction era. The town's St.
