Karen Beck Pooley, Lehigh University
Overview
Few metropolitan areas better represent recent national demographic trends and the challenges of neighborhood- and school-based segregation than the Atlanta metro region. This article examines Atlanta's population shifts, suburbanization patterns, and school performance. Increasingly suburban, the region's African American population continues to face segregated housing patterns which undercut the ability to build wealth through homeownership, and largely segregated schools which hamper black students' educational experiences and possibilities.
