Charlie notes that as Atlanta has grown, “fewer than 400,000 people lived within the Atlanta city limits […] almost three-quarters of them […] Black” (63). White residents have been steadily moving out to the greener, leafier “rural communities that surrounded the city proper” (63). What does this movement say about race relations in the city? Support your answer using examples from the text, including Wes’s examination of the various neighborhoods of Atlanta in Chapter 8.
Discuss the depiction of women in the novel. How does the lack of major female characters impact the narrative?
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