Atlanta Trivia
Tupac Shakur Monument in Atlanta; (c) Soul Of America
Atlanta Metro Area consists of Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Cobb, and Clayton counties and has a 6.3 million population with over 2.1 million African-Americans.
About 43% of adults have college degrees, compared to 27% in the nation as a whole.
Atlanta Metro Area is the eighth-largest economy in the country.
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is the world’s busiest airport, both in terms of passenger traffic and aircraft operations.
The city contains 25 general consulates from other nations, including from Africa and the Caribbean.
At times, Atlanta has worse freeway traffic jams than Los Angeles.
The dialect of native Atlantans is a variation of Southern American English.
Herman Russell Company is one of the few black-owned construction companies to help build skyscrapers.
Atlanta Metro Area is the headquarters to Coca-Cola, Home Depot, UPS, Delta Air Lines, CNN, TBS, Weather Channel, and Cox Cable.
Morehouse College, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University, Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Interdenominational Theological Center, and Georgia State University make Atlanta a dense collegiate region.
Atlanta is believed to have the 4th highest number of IT jobs in the nation.
Though Atlanta was hit hard by the Great Recession, the aftermath has produced slightly more affordable homes.
Metro Atlanta is dominated by Anglo-Americans and African Americans, with a rapidly growing infusion of Hispanic-Americans and Asian-Americans.
Generous tax incentives have made Atlanta a major center for film and television production.
Atlanta is the seventh-most visited city in the United States.
President Jimmy Carter, when he honored the Tuskegee Airmen at the Carter Center; (c) Soul Of America
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Famous Residents
Notable persons born in Atlanta or who made their mark here:
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr – Pastor, civil rights leader, SCLC founder & Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Coretta Scott King – Wife of MLK and founder of the Center for Non-Violent Social Change
Rev. Dr. Ralph Abernathy – Paster and civil rights leader
Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery – Pastor and Civil rights leader, SCLC co-founder
Andrew Young – Pastor, civil rights leader, U.N. Ambassador, Mayor of Atlanta
Herman Russell – founder of the largest black construction company in America
Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole – Anthropologist, President of Spelman College, Director of the National Museum of African Art
Tyler Perry – actor, writer, director, and movie mogul
Chris Tucker – comedic actor
Kenny Leon – Broadway playwright
Spike Lee – filmmaker
Ciara – singer, dancer & actress
Usher Raymond – singer
Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. (T.I.) – rapper, actor & businessman
Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois – Teacher at Atlanta University & NAACP co-founder
Maynard Jackson – 1st black Mayor of Atlanta, credited with making the city a major transportation & convention center
Shirley Franklin – 1st female Mayor of Atlanta
John Wesley Dobbs – Godfather of Black Business on Sweet Auburn