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Complex includes:
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over 500 units |
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Bankhead Courts Community Center (BC3) |
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Sheltering
Arms Child Development Center |
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Adult Literacy Center |
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Bankhead
Public Library |
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Household Description:
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primarily headed by single-women who have not completed
high school |
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annual income averages $4,000 |
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Renovation History and Management:
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undergone a multi-million dollar renovation (averaging $8M)
every decade since its erection in 1970 atop a landfill |
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Managed by Atlanta Housing Authority, a subsidiary of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD) |
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Publications, Research and Media:
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Residents' stories were featured in Muted Cries (1991) by
Toren Anderson Steele, former assistant project director for an adult
literacy program operated by Georgia State University and Atlanta Public
Schools |
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Mary Hill's play, "A Tribute to Women of Color" (1991)
written for an after-school program, evolved into a Georgia Public
Television production. Most of the cast were women from Bankhead
Courts and Blalock students making their acting debut. |
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Research and articles on Blalock's Character Education Program have
been featured in Education Week, Atlanta Journal &
Constitution, dissertations and other scholarly reports. |
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