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DECATUR, GA—Community activist Sigrid Harris will present a talk on the historic Carver Hills community at the DeKalb History Center’s Lunch and Learn on Sept. 15. Harris will discuss how a community of Black families, their school, and a church were displaced to make way for a General Motors assembly plant in Doraville in the 1940s.
The community that became Carver Hills was displaced when homeowners were bought out and offered land for new homes in nearby Doraville where Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and I-285 now intersect.
General Motors bought 150 acres for the new community, which was named Carver Hills, in honor of the black historic trailblazer George Washington Carver, a scientist and educator.
Just a few years after the new community was built, the creation of I-285 split Carver Hills while further redevelopment narrowed the neighborhood to essentially one street. The Mt. Carmel African Methodist Episcopal Church still stands on Carver Drive, along with a few original Carver Hills homes. In 2023, a commemorative marker was erected at the church to pay homage to the rich history of Carver Hills and the Mt. Carmel AME Church. First established in 1879, Mt. Carmel AME is the oldest African-American congregation in Georgia.
Join community activist Harris as he shares more insight on the Carver Hills community during the upcoming one-hour Lunch and Learn:
Mark Your Calendar
Tuesday, Sept. 15, noon- 1 p.m.
DeKalb History Center, 2nd floor
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030
Free to attend. Bring your lunch!