Pride Abounds at the Sweet Auburn
Fest |
Atlanta street
fair draws
200,000
on opening day
By Anne Rochell
STAFF WRITER
Downtown
Atlanta's Sweet Auburn Festival is a street fair with a message.
On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X T-shirts, and in
the reggae and rap music that is heard from dozens of sound
systems along Auburn Avenue on Saturday was about pride in the
African-American heritage.
And many among the 200,000 people in attendance were buying the
message. |
Last Weekend
for Voter Registration
Major Get Out The Vote Rallies
Saturday and Sunday
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The message
in the
music and vendor's
booth along
Auburn Avenue
was about
pride in the
African-American
Heritage |
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We Invite you to come to Sweet Auburn and discover the many businesses,
institutions, entertainment centers and housing that makes Sweet Auburn
one of Atlanta's most historic and exciting neighborhoods. From Tyler
Perry Studios, the StudioPlex, the King Center and National Park, SCLC's
Brand New National Headquarters to the Renaissance Walk Live, Work and
Play Complex, Butler Street Y, the APEX Museum and the Auburn Avenue
Research Library. Rediscover Sweet Auburn.
Two of the major themes of the Sweet Auburn Heritage Festival are
"LiveGreen" and "The
Million
Voter
Pledge"
Just as The Sweet Auburn District was the center of the civil rights
revolution it must again be the center
for making major change in our environment and civic participation.
It is our environment and it
is our government. It is our responsibility.
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Celebrating
Sweet Auburn's
Rich History
and Heritage
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