The Black Middle Class: A Myth? Feat. Dr. Maurice Hobson

As part of their Diversity & Inclusion Series the World Affairs Council of Atlanta invites you to join them on Friday, February 26, 2021.

Dubbed “The Black Mecca,” Atlanta has long been establishing herself as a city where African Americans can prosper.

So, earning a middle-class income, as the word suggests, makes you part of the so-called “middle class,” correct?

The answer is no, according to recent Vox article, The Mirage of the Black Middle Class. Not even for the Metro Atlanta African American households sitting firmly within that middle-class income bracket with their $55,000 median income

Dr. Maurice J. Hobson will discuss why historical barriers to generational wealth have kept true financial prosperity and stability elusive for African Americans in Atlanta and throughout the U.S.

Dr. Hobson is an Associate Professor of African American Studies at GSU; author of The Legend of the Black Mecca: Politics and Class in the Making of Modern Atlanta; and consultant/chief historian on such documentaries as Netflix’s “The Art of Organized Noize,” “Maynard,” and HBO’s “Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children.”
Complimentary & Open to All.