Decatur, GA, United States
The Beacon Community. The Beacon Community was the center of Decatur's African-American community until its demolition by the Urban Renewal programs of the mid-1960s. Bounded by N. McDonough Street on the east, W. Trinity Place on the north, Waters Street on the west and Howard Avenue to the south,
the area included a tight-knit residential community, schools and churches in addition to numerous African-American owned businesses. Atlanta Avenue once connected Trinity Place West (formerly Herring
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