ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – – Six Atlanta neighborhoods have flipped from having primarily Black residents in 1980 to primarily White residents in 2020, according to a new report by National Community Reinvestment Coalition.
Kirkwood, Edgewood, Old Fourth Ward, Reynoldstown, East Atlanta, and Grant Park all racially flipped in the last forty years, in a study that looked at racial turnover and displacement across the country.
In 1980, there were 6,749 Black people in Kirkwood. At the same time, there were 187 White people, according to the interactive map, published earlier this month…