Cornelius Taylor was killed on Jan. 16 after the clearing of a homeless camp in Atlanta on Old Wheat Street in the Sweet ...

Visiting Sweet Auburn in Atlanta? Learn about the area's history in this neighborhood guide, including the church where Martin Luther King Jr. use to preach.

At 88, Calhoun is Sweet Auburn`s grand old man. He arrived in Atlanta in 1934 and moved into the Butler Street Y. He still keeps an office there, a tiny room jammed with yellowed newspapers.

Titled "Sweet Auburn: Where the Dream Began," the exhibit shows the growth and decline -- and slow regrowth -- of the neighborhood once dubbed by Fortune magazine as "the richest Negro street in ...

Sweet Auburn had once been considered the wealthiest African-American neighborhood in the world. In 1956, Fortune magazine dubbed it “the richest Negro street in the world.

The Atlanta Sweet Auburn National Historic Landmark District, once considered the richest Black community in the world, includes key buildings that are vacant and at risk of deterioration.

Sweet Auburn Blues filmmaker: “I want to see this neighborhood come back to its former glory” With their one-hour documentary, Shonda Harper and Alahna Lark tell the story of one of the most ...

The first phase of a redevelopment project that produced Auburn Avenue's first new build in nearly two decades is sparking hope that one of Atlanta's most famed thoroughfares will see a rebirth.

Sweet Auburn has also been optioned as a TV series by Auburn Avenue Films. Pomerantz has continued writing and will be publishing his sixth book this fall through Penguin Press.

ATLANTA — Neighbors in the Sweet Auburn community say they are fed up after months of weekend crowds, noise, and more. Groups say it’s affected business and quality of life in the area. And ...