That made it one of Atlanta's nine tracts that shifted from Black-majority to white-majority between 1970 and 2020. The next tract south, including John Wesley Dobbs Ave. and Irwin St., was another.

k Census Bureau, Supplemental Poverty Measure, 2018 (note 25). l National Cancer Institute, Healthcare Delivery Research Program, Social Determinants of Health by Census Tract, 2012 (note 27).

In Velasco’s census tract, number 709 in Bridgeport, almost half the residents live under the poverty line. For Velasco’s family, this has meant repeatedly facing issues with health care and ...