Stories of the City

Introduction

The name Atlanta Soul plays into the branding of Atlanta being a "city with soul." This language has been used historically and today by the city’s political leadership to promise actions from their heart and soul while masking their real impact – which has been, and continues to be, disenfranchisement and displacement of the city’s mostly Black poor and working class (Hobson, 2017). We have pride in Atlanta and also realize how damaging this boosterism is to the people it erases. In an effort to subvert the status quo and raise awareness of our community, we are using our platform to tell some more critical stories that undermine common myths concealing inequity.