In 1956, Fortune Magazine referred to Atlanta’s Auburn Avenue as “the richest negro street in the country.” Part of that street is the John Wesley Dobbs building, a small place that has played a massive part in its story. It opened in 1910 as the Atlanta/Southern School Book Depository, which would provide the schools in the community with instruction materials at low prices and with the best possible service. The ER Mitchell Construction Company bought the place in 1985. It was later named after Dobbs, referred to as the unofficial…
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