GUSTAFSON, SETH. “Displacement And The Racial State In Olympic Atlanta 1990-1996.” Southeastern Geographer 53.2 (2013): 198. Advanced Placement Source. Web. 5 Feb. 2016.

In the article, “Displacement and the Racial State in Olympic Atlanta”, author, Seth Gustafon, explains the event leading up to and the  long term demographic effects that the 1996 Olympics had on the City of Atlanta. Throughout the article, there are many decisions that those in government made to displace many black residents from their homes in order to create room for Olympic structures.  With the onset of the 1990’s the government decided that many of the inner city residents, such as those living in the Techwood Homes, wouldn’t be beneficial to the image of the city with the coming Olympic games. This would cause much controversy since families were now being forced to leave homes who had been there for  generations.  Further on throughout the article, instances such as racial bias are explained. Instances such as tourist maps only showing Northern Atlanta and do not enter signs placed  in Southwest Atlanta gave the image that city was trying to dissuade international tourists from entering poorer, majority-black parts of time. Since I’m researching Downtown Decatur, which received an economic and population boom from the Olympics,  it would be a reliable source and can be acquired at the Georgia State University Library.

Von Drehle, David, et al. “The Roots Of A Riot. (Cover Story).” Time 185.17 (2015): 34. MAS Ultra – School Edition. Web. 5 Feb. 2016.

In the article, “The Roots of a Riot”, author, Von Drehle, explains the reasons and origins for the 2015 Baltimore and the long term solutions that could be instilled.  The article is a mixture of black and white photos of the riots as well as facts and statistic explaining its cause. Even though the death of Freddie Gray appeared to be the match, there had been generations of gasoline building up.  With the onset of white flight to the suburbs,  Baltimore went from an Economic Hub of America’s East Coast, the the poster child of inner city neglect. From the 1960-2015, majority of Baltimore’s white residents moved to the northern Prince George County.  This caused a large portion of the city’s economic wealth to vanish. This has caused large scale poverty in the inner city communities of the city, with more than 16,000 houses being simply abandoned and never torn down.  In order to solidify its separation from Baltimore , Prince George County created its own municipality so it would never be under the jurisdiction of the city. This article explains the effects of racial and demographic effect that can be seen in many parts of Southern Atlanta. It also shows elements of racial separation that is similar to that of Northern and Southern Atlanta.

Middleton, Michael K. “Housing, Not Handcuffs: Homeless Misrecognition And ‘ Safeground Sacramento’s’ Homeless Activism.” Communication, Culture & Critique 7.3 (2014): 320-337. Communication & Mass Media Complete. Web. 5 Feb. 2016.

In the article, “Housing, Not Handcuffs: Homeless Misrecognition and “SafeGround Sacramento’s” Homeless Activism”, is an analysis of activism of many groups in the Sacramento area to assist those that are living in homeless makeshift areas. Different cities in California are explained to have passed legislation that criminalizes the presence of individuals in an area that the owner might believe are homeless. This has caused the arrest of many homeless for trespassing on private party.  In order to help the homeless, many activist groups such as Safeground Sacramento, have decided to to assist in building makeshift buildings as well as paying for hotel fees to give them a place to live. The reason I chose this articles is because it shows many similarities to the same experiences the homeless of Atlanta feel. Contrary to structural segregation of the homeless, the city of Sacramento and others have now passed legislation to uphold the separation of the populace and homeless individuals. If things persist with the increase of residents to downtown Atlanta, legislation may be passed here to create restrictions on homeless rights.  This could also be a reliable source to use since it can be found in the Georgia State University Library.