Bankhead, Atlanta

Bankhead is a neighborhood located west of downtown Atlanta, Georgia. It is surrounded by Grove Park to the west, Washington Park and Hunter Hills to the south. To the east and northeast are Hills Park, Knight Park, English Avenue and Blandtown. It is also flanked by Rockdale to the northwest. At its center is MARTA's Bankhead station and the city's Maddox Park. The neighborhood schools are The B.E.S.T. Academy, Grove Park Elementary, A.D. Williams Elementary School, Carter G. Woodson Elementary School, Alfred Blalock Elementary School, and Frederick Douglass High School.

Bankhead
Neighborhood
Maddox Park
Bankhead Location in Atlanta
Coordinates: 33.77155°N 84.41918°W / 33.77155; -84.41918
Country	United States
State	Georgia
City	Atlanta
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)

The neighborhood's name comes from Bankhead Highway, a thoroughfare that has since been renamed the Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway (for a civil rights attorney who lived near Bankhead in the nearby affluent and historic Collier Heights neighborhood).

The boundaries of Bankhead are Jefferson Street to the north (a few blocks North of Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway), Joseph E. Boone Blvd to the south, Joseph E. Lowery Blvd to the east and Chappell Rd to the west.

Culture

Bankhead is also the former home to artists T.I.,^[1][2] Young Dro,^[3] P$C, Dem Franchize Boyz,^[2] Shop Boyz, D4L, Shawty Lo, and current rapper, Lil RT .

The 1990s Bankhead Bounce dance, performed by Michael Jackson at the 1995 MTV Music Video Awards, was named after the neighborhood.^[2]

See also

• Bankhead Courts - a demolished public housing complex.

References

1. Meadows-Ingram, Benjamin (August 2007), "Me, Myself and I", Vibe, pp. 80–89, retrieved February 14, 2014^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. Hess, Mickey (2009). Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide. ABC-CLIO. p. 469. ISBN 9780313343216.
3. Sarig, Roni (2007). Third Coast: Outkast, Timbaland, and How Hip-Hop Became a Southern Thing. Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306816475.