The mob targeted the streetcars coming through Five Points. Kuhn believes this was no coincidence as it was one of the major integrated services in the city of Atlanta at the time and a symbol of a new, more tolerant South. Earlier that month Atlanta City Council considered a new street car segregation ordinance.
Five Points Street Cars
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Other stops on this audio tour:
Atlanta and the New South (2:45 min) • 66 Peachtree Street - Alonzo Herndon's Crystal Palace (3:31 min) • Decatur Street and Pryor Street - Kimball House Hotel (1:56 min) • Decatur Street and Central Ave/Peachtree Center (2:27 min) • Henry W. Grady Statue (4:29 min)
