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In the 2010 Census Atlanta was recorded as the nation's fourth-largest majority-black city it has long been known as a center of African-American political power education economic prosperity and culture often called a black mecca Some African-American residents of Atlanta have followed an influx of whites to newer housing in the suburbs in the early 21st century From 2000 to 2010 the city's black population decreased by 31,678 people shrinking from 61.4% of the city's population in 2000 to 54.0% in 2010! 50/10 68/20 Georgia (34) During the first decades of the 20th century Atlanta experienced a period of unprecedented growth in three decades' time Atlanta's population tripled as the city limits expanded to include nearby streetcar suburbs the city's skyline emerged with the construction of the Equitable Flatiron Empire and Candler buildings; and Sweet Auburn emerged as a center of black commerce the period was also marked by strife and tragedy Increased racial tensions led to the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 which left at least 27 people dead and over 70 injured in 1913 Leo Frank a Jewish-American factory superintendent was convicted of the murder of a 13-year-old girl in a highly publicized trial He was hanged in Marietta by a lynch mob in 1915 after having his death sentence commuted an event which deeply impacted the Jewish community in Atlanta and across the country on May 21 1917 the Great Atlanta Fire destroyed 1,938 buildings in what is now the Old Fourth Ward resulting in one fatality and the displacement of 10,000 people. Perimeter Center Community Improvement Districts covering the Perimeter Center area of Sandy Springs and Dunwoody/. 1910 2,609,121 17.7% Atlanta Georgia business directory, In 1882 the Georgia State Legislature authorized a committee led by Harris to visit the Northeast to see firsthand how technology schools worked They were impressed by the polytechnic educational models developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science (now Worcester Polytechnic Institute) the committee recommended adapting the Worcester model which stressed a combination of "theory and practice" the "practice" component including student employment and production of consumer items to generate revenue for the school, Enos Slaughter Gymnastics ? ? ? ? ? In 2016 Georgia had median annual income per person of between $50,000 and $59,999 which is in inflation-adjusted dollars for 2016 the US median annual income for the entire nation is $57,617 This lies within the range of Georgia's median annual income. Atlanta often called a "city in a forest" and a "tree haven" has a large tree canopy covering much of its area the city's main street is named after a tree and beyond the Downtown Midtown and Buckhead business districts the skyline gives way to a dense canopy of woods that spreads into the suburbs the city's tree coverage percentage was estimated at 36% in a 2004 model, Ceremonies ? ? Radio and television, 2015 2,001,392 25,017 50.3% 24th 28th Main article: 2006 Atlanta Braves season.

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