Organizers want companies that benefited from convict labor to help pay for memorial in Atlanta

Donna Stephens speaks at a ceremony consecrating the land of the former Chattahoochee Brick Co. Advocates are calling for the city of Atlanta, as well as companies that benefited from the former brick company, to preserve the site.

Christopher Alston / WABE

Community leaders are trying to figure out what’s next for a northwest Atlanta property after years of work to preserve the site of the former Chattahoochee Brick Co.

The factory kept mostly Black convict laborers in abusive conditions around the turn of the 20th century.

Advocates are calling for the city of Atlanta, as well as companies that benefited from the former brick company, to preserve the site.