New book critiques Atlanta’s top leadership and breaks down efforts to not address grassroot efforts led by Black workers

Augustus Wood, a scholar of African American History of the Urban South, says Black workers want power—and most history books erase the voices of the masses.

In his new book, “Class Warfare in Black Atlanta,” he explores Atlanta’s transformative political history from 1966 onwards and gives a critique of the city’s leadership.

Wood argues that Black and white elites are responsible for shrinking public projects funding and shifting that funding toward “gentrification projects” and police surveillance.