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Atlanta Georgia - City Partners with National Center for Civil and Human Rights to Launch Community Engagement for Former Chattahoochee Brick Co Site 09 February 2024 ( news )
Atlanta , state Georgia ( By Press Release office)
Feb 09,2024
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Mayor’s Office of Communications
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City Partners with National Center for Civil and Human Rights to Launch Community Engagement for Former Chattahoochee Brick Co . Site
ATLANTA - - The City of Atlanta announced community involvement plans for the former Chattahoochee Brick Company site in collaboration with the National Center for Civil and Human Rights ( NCCHR ) . This joint effort will foster discussions and awareness about the history of the property in Northwest Atlanta , and goals for its redevelopment .
The first phase of involvement begins with a series of informative seminars on the background of the site and its influence on the city . Attendees will also learn about long - term plans for community engagement . Monthly seminars will take place February through June at The Carter Presidential Center .
Seminar I: Project Update & Talk about the Importance of Memorialization
Date:February 17 , 2024
Time:
1:00 p . m . – 3:00 p . m .
Seminar II: Before Atlanta: Native Peoples , the Piedmont Region , and the Chattahoochee River
Date
: March 16 , 2024
Time:1:00 p . m . – 3:00 p . m .
Seminar III: When the Way Wasn’t Clear: African Americans Before and After the War
Date:April 20 , 2024
Time:1:00 p . m . – 3:00 p . m .
Seminar IV: Nineteenth - Century Industry , Labor , and Environmental Degradation
Date:May 11 , 2024
Time:1:00 p . m . – 3:00 p . m .
Seminar V: Brick by Brick: Building Atlanta , Criminal Justice , and Race
Date:June 15 , 2024
Time:1:00 p . m . – 3:00 p . m .
Historical Context: Convict Leasing in Atlanta
Convict leasing was established across the south in the post - Civil War period , lasting until 1909 in Georgia . Southern states arrested thousands of Black Americans for minor offenses and leased these prisoners to private white - owned industry , in which the prisoners were subject to brutal , often deadly conditions . Atlanta industries relied heavily on convict leasing to supply materials to rebuild the city after the Civil War , the Chattahoochee Brick Company being a prominent example .
For more details on the seminar series and information on the Chattahoochee Brick Company site , please visit:
https://www . atlcitydesign . com/chattahoochee - brick
and
https://www . civilandhumanrights . org/truth - and - transformation - initiative/
About:
The City of Atlantaacquired the 75 - acre site of the former Chattahoochee Brick Company in 2022 . Over the next several years , the City will conduct a public process to repurpose the site for protecting and memorializing the site’s historic significance . The City established the Chattahoochee Brick Company Memorial , Greenspace , and Park Board consisting of 11 community members with the sole mission to promote public trust and engage in a transparent , thoughtful , inclusive , and collaborative process for the visioning , planning , designing , and redevelopment of the site .
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights
is a museum and cultural organization in Atlanta that inspires the changemaker in each person . The Center’s
Truth & Transformation Initiativeis dedicated to helping our community engage critically with Atlanta’s history of racial terror and forced labor through memorialization , commemoration , public education , and civic engagement . It takes as its premise that an honest engagement with history is critical to shaping a more equitable future . As the City works with the community to plan the Chattahoochee Brick site , NCCHR’s
Truth & Transformationteam will research and identify descendants of forced laborers and people who worked for the company , and develop educational content about the historical impact of forced labor .
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