Bankhead, Atlanta
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Bankhead is a neighborhood located west of downtown
Bankhead station and the city's Maddox Park. The neighborhood schools are The B.E.S.T. Academy, Grove Park Elementary, A.D. Williams Elementary School, Carter G. Woodson
Elementary School, Alfred Blalock Elementary School, and Frederick Douglass High School.
The neighborhood's name comes from
Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway (for a civil rights attorney who lived near Bankhead in the nearby affluent and historic Collier Heights
neighborhood).
The boundaries of Bankhead are Jefferson Street to the north (a few blocks North of Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway), Joseph E. Boone Blvd to the south, Joseph E. Lowery Blvd to the east and Chappell Rd to the west.
Culture
Bankhead is also the former home to artists
also claims he is from Bankhead in the Bowen Homes housing projects which is located in the Brookview Heights neighborhood.The 1990s Bankhead Bounce dance, performed by Michael Jackson at the 1995 MTV Music Video Awards, was named after the neighborhood.[2]
See also
- Bankhead Courts - a demolished public housing complex.
References
- ^ Meadows-Ingram, Benjamin (August 2007), "Me, Myself and I", Vibe, pp. 80–89, retrieved February 14, 2014[permanent dead link]
- ^ ISBN 9780313343216.
- ISBN 9780306816475.
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