Buttermilk Bottom
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Buttermilk Bottom
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Buttermilk Bottom, also known as Buttermilk Bottoms or Black Bottom, was an African-American neighborhood in central Atlanta, centered on the area where the Atlanta Civic Center now stands in the Old Fourth Ward. It was considered a slum area, having unpaved streets and no electricity. The name may refer to the downward slope of the sewers in the area, which caused the backed-up water to have a buttermilk smell
residents being unable to afford "sweet" milk, or fresh milk, and instead drinking so
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African American neighborhood
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttermilk_Bottom
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2022-05-11T20:37:39Z
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