In Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward, the neighborhood where Martin Luther King, Jr., grew up and later preached, 37% of Black children live in poverty. No white children do, according to 2018 Census estimates. The neighborhood has quickly gentrified over the last two decades as white residents have moved in. But nearly half of the remaining Black households are living on less than $25,000 a year. [Photo: courtesy Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund & GiveDirectly] “We know this story of the Old Fourth Ward, and the trends that are happening, are not just indicative of this neighborhood, but what’s happening […]
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