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Atlanta’s Confederate Avenue Evokes Old South But May Get New Name

November 24th, 2017

Bishop O.C. Allen III stands outside his Atlanta church, which is at the corner of Confederate and Ormewood avenues. People hold differing opinions on whether Confederate Avenue’s name needs to change.

David Goldman / Associated Press

A roadway in Atlanta serves as a concrete reminder to drivers, joggers and neighbors that Georgia once took up arms against the United States of America.

It’s called Confederate Avenue.

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