DMV, Richmond/757/VA, Bay Area, NO, and Florida nikkas been rocking dreads way before Chitown became hot like that breh. Honestly, I didn’t even know Chicago nikkas fukk with dreads til Chief Keef blew up
"Atlanta has long been known as a center of black wealth, political power and culture; a cradle of the Civil Rights Movement[1] and home to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It has often been called a "black mecca".
Atlanta is home to the Atlanta University Center (AUC), the largest contiguous consortium of historically-black colleges, comprising Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Spelman College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Interdenominational Theological Center. The first of these colleges were established shortly after the Civil War and have made Atlanta one of the historic centers of black intellecutalism and empowerment.
Many of the nation's most successful African Americans matriculated through the AUC. See: List of Morehouse College alumni; List of alumni from Clark Atlanta University; Spelman College alumnae
As of the early 2010s, Georgia State University's student body has been majority black. Georgia State University is the largest university in Georgia and annually awards the highest numbers of bachelor's degrees to blacks in the nation.
I could go on and on here...
Give ATL some props
Where would Black Culture be without NYC, Detroit, DMV, Philly, Memphis, Chicago, New Orleans, Miami, Charleston/Low Country, Birmingham, Oakland/Bay Area, LA, etc.?
Stateside-wise, other than Georgia, where would Black Culture be right now without North Carolina, New York, California, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Texas, Missouri, and Louisiana?
Bare in mind that Black Culture consists of not just music and dance, but also art, cuisines, fashion, economics, languages/dialects, family structure, political dynamics, religion/spirituality, etc.
ATL and Georgia in general have made significant contributions to Black Culture but is Black Culture somehow doomed or downgraded if ATL and GA never existed or were never in the state that they’re currently in?
Chicago is the soul of black culture. New York is the voice of black culture. LA is the face of black culture. ATL is the stretched out bootyhole of black culture
Barely.The great migration didn't happen until the 20th century. Are you saying we didn't have a culture for 100s of years?
Boston and New York are the two cities from which blacks have contributed more to black culture in America than any other. The style of dress that became the fashion staples of the 80s and 90s, evolving over the decades to what's worn today, originated in Boston and New York as hip-hop began leaving its mark. Atlanta has always played catch up.
