Peyton Road Wall
In 1962, the “City Too Busy to Hate” built a physical wall across Peyton Road to stop Black families from moving into Southwest Atlanta. Discover the definitive history of the “Atlanta Berlin Wall,” the fierce civil rights backlash, and the brilliant real estate strategies that ultimately dismantled segregation in the Cascade corridor.
Holy Family and Southwest Community Hospital
From a 1941 Catholic clinic to the first hospital in the Southeast to integrate its medical staff, Holy Family was a cornerstone of Black healthcare. In 1972, the Fairburn Road campus became the center of a national crisis following a bitter labor strike and the shooting of two civil rights leaders.
Peyton Forest
Developed in the 1950s with literary street names, Peyton Forest became the focus of the 1962 Peyton Road Wall, a physical barricade erected by the city to halt housing integration.