Canopy Atlanta asked more than 90 Collier Heights community members about the journalism they needed. Many residents shared stories of the neighborhood’s early days as a Black neighborhood, built and planned by Black residents.
A Canopy Atlanta Fellow, Albert B. Cooper IV, spent part of his childhood in Collier Heights. In this video, he reminiscences with one of his friends about growing up there.
Editors: Ann Hill Bond and Mariann Martin
Fact Checker: Ada Wood
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