Tag: Gold Dust Twins
A faded 20th-century advertisement, revealed after a tornado, is a reminder of Atlanta’s racist past
The advertisement is of the Gold Dust Twins, who for the first half of the 20th century served as racist branding for Fairbank’s Gold Dust Washing Powder. Splashed on a Black-owned bank in the heart of the storied Black neighborhood of Sweet Auburn, reflects a time in which Black Atlantans were still considered second-class citizens within their city—even on Auburn Avenue, a street synonymous with Black wealth, prosperity, and achievement.
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