photographer, went to First Congregational, parents William and Anna Lowe, born in Watkinsville, GA and moved to Atlanta, graduated from Washington High
Charles Lowe
Belinda Edwards
Superior Court Judge Fulton County (currently, up for reelection)
Daniel Santacroce
architect of U RESCUE Villa he resided off of Beverly Road
One of the founders of Bronner Brothers, lived on Pine and Felton Drive, also supported the operations of Atlanta Daily World newspaper
Nathaniel Bronner
Rev. Edward Ducree
CRISIS House, Vernon Place
built the first house in downtown since the 1940- 1950s in the section of single-family homes spared from being razed, adjacent to the former Buttermilk Bottom
State Rep. Alveda King
MUSICIANS WHO PLAYED MUSIC OR BOARDED IN FORREST ARMS HOTEL WC Handy, Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Nicholas Brothers, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Jackie Wilson, Dinah Washington, Motown Revue, and Billie Holiday
MAJOR EMPLOYERS OF FORMER BUTTERMILK BOTTOM RESIDENTS
SCRIPTO FACTORY Operation Breadbasket monitored the strike at Scripto Factory. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), who are they, led a direct-action campaign against Scripto Factory due to the dangerous working conditions, which included long hours, low wages, physical harm, and death.
CULTURAL SPACES
PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO Thomas Askew had a studio on Summit Avenue, which had been burned to the ground during the Great Fire of 1917. All the contents except for a sewing machine were destroyed. 307
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