Atlanta, Georgia has developed a reputation of a booming city with a rising economy and population. The city is known by many names, but arguably the most important is "The Capital of Black America". This name alludes to the robust black middle class and the role that it plays in the cities economic activity, politics and culture. Since the 1970s there has been a shift in US population with a noticeable trend of people moving to the south and out west from the north. This movement has been dubbed "The New Great Migration" as there has been a heavy movement of African Americans moving to the south from northern regions. The affects of this "New Great Migration" are very prevalent in Atlantas metro region, specifically within the prominent black middle class. Many of the African Americans moving to the south from the north have higher levels of education and income than many of the long term residents of the city. This in turn has blown up the black middle class to a point where is now surpasses the size of metro Chicago. White suburbanization occurred mostly from the 1940s-1970s; it was quick. However, suburbanization for African Americans began in the 1970s and moved at a much slower rate than white suburbanization saw. We see the result of this in Atlanta in this figure: by 2010, 87% of the black population in the Atlanta Metro region lived in the suburbs. Despite all of the positives that Atlanta sees, the city is dealing with intense problems such as segregation and poor access to upward mobility amongst other related issues. Although the Atlanta suburbs have a large African American Population, those who live there are still likely to live in racially segregated neighborhoods. Racial segregation has resulted in the decreased ability of black households to build wealth through homeownership like their white counterparts may be able to do. This is reflected in the real estate market as neighborhoods that are more diverse tend to be undervalued which has hurt the metro regions minority neighborhoods. Another way suburban segregation is felt in Atlanta is through the school systems, many African American public schools are still very segregated. In fact, it is to the extent that in 2013 African Americans who attend public school within the Atlanta Metro region were more likely to attend majority-minority schools than they were in the 2000. As a result, there are disparities between schools that are mostly white and those that are mostly minorities which in turn plays a role in the availability of upward mobility for certain demographics. 

https://southernspaces.org/2015/segregations-new-geography-atlanta-metro-region-race-and-declining-prospects-upward-mobility/