Early in the twentieth century, Atlanta’s business and political leaders worked in partnership to develop the components of a tourist bubble. Using the urban renewal program, the city’s leaders enlarged and updated this downtown tourist space. Despite racial change at city hall, numerous projects continued to expand the area devoted to consumption and spectacle at the expense of the city’s black residents.
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