The Class Warfare In Black Atlanta Primer
Dr. August Wood discusses his book "Class Warfare In Black Atlanta", gentrification, and the contrast between Atlanta's title as the "Black Mecca" and the reality for Black residents.
Groundings · dartricia rollins, augustus wood, musa springer
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Show Notes
Dr. Augustus Wood discusses his book "Class Warfare in Black Atlanta," defining class warfare and the “Black worker,” arguing gentrification is tied to labor, policing, surveillance, and repression, and criticizing the idea that gentrification equals development. The conversation highlights the role of Black women in grassroots struggles, the impact of the Olympics and metro-area displacement, and Wood’s use of radical newspapers and archives to tell the story from working-class perspectives.
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