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  <title><![CDATA[Revisiting Atlanta's 45-Year Reputation as the "Black Mecca"]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>Todd Michney, a visiting assistant professor in the School of History and Sociology, writes about this 1971 designation from Ebony magazine.</p>

<p>This blogpost is in commemoration of Black History Month, a tradition&nbsp;<a href="http://www.aaihs.org/history-as-a-communal-act-the-history-of-black-history-month/">started in 1926</a>&nbsp;by the&nbsp;<a href="https://asalh100.org/">Association for the Study of African American Life and History</a>&nbsp;(ASALH) and which the Georgia Institute of Technology observes by sponsoring an annual&nbsp;<a href="http://diversity.gatech.edu/2017-black-history-month-exhibit-and-lecture">lecture</a>.</p>

<p>The full article can be read online <a href="https://gtcui.wordpress.com/2017/02/17/revisiting-atlantas-45-year-reputation-as-the-black-mecca/">here</a>.</p>
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