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Joyland is a neighborhood of small, single family homes in southeast Atlanta, Georgia and site of a former 1921 amusement park built for African Americans. It is bordered by the Downtown Connector (I-75/I-85) freeway on the west, High Point on the north, Pryor Avenue and The Villages at Carver on the east, and Amal Heights on the south.〔(City of Atlanta Online, Map of NPU Y )〕 ==History== On May 16, 1921, Joyland Park, an amusement park for African Americans was opened in the area, according to its ads in the ''Atlanta Independent'' at the time, "the only shady park" where African Americans "could enjoy themselves".〔(''Atlanta Independent'', July 1, 1926, p.5 )〕 At the opening a number of prominent Atlantans spoke: *Mayor James Key *Big Bethel AME Church pastor Rev. Dr. Richard Henry Singleton *Wheat Street Baptist Church pastor Rev. Dr. P. James Bryant *Jessie O. Thomas, founder of the Atlanta University School of Social Work and first director of the Southern Field Division of the National Urban League *Prominent black physician and founding member of the Atlanta NAACP chapter Dr. William F. Penn In 1926 a subdivision for African Americans, also called Joyland Park, was built here. Residents included farmers, farmhands and laborers. Lots were around in size.〔(Lee Ann Lands, ''The culture of property: race, class, and housing landscapes in Atlanta'' )〕 Later the Joyland Park public housing project was built in the area. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joyland, Atlanta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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