White resistance in transitioning Atlanta neighborhoods targeted institutions like schools and churches.

Evidence

As in other neighborhoods, the white resistance in Kirkwood focused not solely on individual homes but on community institutions. A few worried about what would happen to local schools if blacks moved there. “They have almost surrounded the Whitefoord School,” noted a railway worker dejectedly. “The school will go to negroes,” another man warned, “with-out white children to fill it up.” But, much like Moreland Heights, residents in Kirkwood worried more about the future of local churches. — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight, 211

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Postwar Atlanta’s housing squeeze forced black expansion into white transition neighborhoods — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of…, 105; Segregationist hate groups recruited in transitional neighborhoods threatened by racial housing change — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of…, 113; Whites anchored neighborhood defense to public amenities like parks and schools — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of…, 165 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Atlanta’s celebrated moderation masked intense resistance to residential integration #corroborates (0.88) — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight, 19
• Atlanta whites resisted desegregation less violently than northern whites did #qualifies (0.78) — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight, 38
• Intransigent white resisters destroyed compromise efforts and sped neighborhood transition #expands (0.74) — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight, 221
• White families resist even balanced schools they must attend #exemplifies (0.72) — Marcy Crouch, Magnet Schools and Other Means of…, 26