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Atlanta has long been known as a center of black wealth, political power and culture; a cradle of the Civil Rights Movement and home to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It has often been called a "black mecca".〔 *"A CHAMPION FOR ATLANTA: Maynard Jackson: 'Black mecca' burgeoned under leader", ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', June 29, 2003 *"the city that calls itself America's ' Black Mecca'" in "Atlanta Is Less Than Festive on Eve of Another 'Freaknik'", ''Washington Post'', Apr 18, 1996 *"The Black Mecca leads the nation in numbers of African American millionaires; at the same time, it leads the nation in the percentage of its children in poverty" in (''The Black metropolis in the twenty-first century: race, power, and politics'' by Robert Doyle Bullard ) * "the city that earned a national reputation as America's 'black mecca'" in (''In search of Black America: discovering the African-American dream'' by David J. Dent ) *"the cornerstone upon which today's 'Black Mecca' was built" in (''The New South's Capital Likes to Contradict Itself'' by William Jelani Cobb, July 13, 2008, ''Washington Post'' ) * "And, they said, don't forget Atlanta's reputation as a black mecca" in ("Georgia second in nation for black-owned businesses", ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', August 5, 2010 ) *("Atlanta is New Mecca for Blacks", ''Ebony'', September 1997 ) *"Atlanta's allure as the black mecca" in ("Atlanta contest shows battered black electorate", ''MSNBC'', December 4, 2009 ) *" the Southern capital regarded as the nation's black mecca" in ("Race, attacks expected in Atlanta mayor runoff" (Associated Press article) in ''Marietta Daily Journal'', November 5, 2009 ) *("Is Atlanta the new black mecca?", ''Ebony'', March 2002 ) *("Atlanta, black mecca of the South", ''Ebony'', August 1971 ) *("Money talks: Atlanta has the highest percentage of middle-class blacks of any city in the nation", ''Atlanta'' magazine, March 2003 ) *“Atlanta is a city that is known as the black mecca" in ("Upcoming city elections will show how Atlanta is undergoing profound changes", '"Saporta Report'', October 2009 ) *"Some people call Atlanta the Black Mecca" in ("Atlanta: The City of the Next Generation", ''Black Enterprise'', May 1987 ) *"That stockpile of black brain power has made Atlanta the nation's mecca for blacks, especially buppies looking for Afro-American affluence and political clout." in "Bond vs. Lewis - it's Atlanta's loss that only one of the two can win ", ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', August 16, 1986 *"Is it this that has made Atlanta the mecca of the black middle class?" in (''America behind the color line: dialogues with African Americans'' by Henry Louis Gates ) *("Atlanta emerges as a center of black entertainment", ''New York Times'', November 26, 2011 ) 〕 ==Demographics== The 2010 and 2000 black population of the city of Atlanta was:〔(DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000; Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data; Geographic Area: Atlanta city, Georgia, US Census Bureau )〕〔(Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010" (Select Atlanta (city), Georgia), US Census Bureau )〕〔(City of Atlanta Quick Facts, US Census Bureau )〕〔("Living Cities" study, Brookings Institution )〕 From 2000 to 2010 Atlanta saw significant shifts in the racial composition of its neighborhoods. (See: Demographics of Atlanta: Race and ethnicity by neighborhood) There was a decrease in the black population in the following areas: *In NPU W (East Atlanta, Grant Park, Ormewood Park, Benteen Park), the black population went from 57.6% to 38.0%, and the white proportion rose from 36.5% to 54.8% *In NPU O (Edgewood, Kirkwood, East Lake area), the black population went from 86.2% to 58.7%, and the white proportion rose from 11.3% to 36.9%. *In NPU L (English Avenue, Vine City), the black proportion of the population went down from 97.5% to 89.1%, while the white proportion rose from 1.3% to 6.1%. Note that there many infill residential units were added in the King Plow Arts Center area, which falls under English Avenue but which in character is an extension of the Marietta Street Artery and West Midtown. *In NPU D, stretching from West Midtown along the border of Buckhead and northwestern Atlanta, westward towards the river, the white proportion rose from 49.3% to 59.2% with the black proportion droping from 36.5% to 23.9% While there was an increasing black population in these areas: *In NPU X (Metropolitan Parkway corridor), the black proportion of the population rose from 59.5% to 83.2%, while the White, Asian and Hispanic proportion dropped about three percentage points each. *NPU B (central Buckhead) became more diverse, with the white proportion dropping from 82.8% to 75.5%, the black proportion rising from 5.9% to 12.3%, and the Asian proportion from 3.1% to 5.3% In Metro Atlanta, Black Americans are the largest racial minority at 32.4% of the population, up from 28.9% in 2000. From 2000-2010, the geographic disbursement of blacks in Metro Atlanta changed significantly. Long concentrated in the city of Atlanta and DeKalb County, the black population there dropped while over half a million African Americans settled across other parts of the metro area, including approximately 112,000 in Gwinnett County, 71,000 in Fulton outside Atlanta, 58,000 in Cobb, 50,000 in Clayton, 34,000 in Douglas, and 27,000 each in Newton and Rockdale Counties.〔U.S. Census 2010 vs. 2000 population estimates by race〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「African Americans in Atlanta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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