In the past decade, Robert and Bertha Darden have had numerous knocks on the door of their Peoplestown home by city officials. It usually meant bad news.
But a recent knock at the door by one city official proved fruitful.
It was Mayor Andre Dickens.
He came alone. No entourage. No gaggle of media. Dickens spent two hours listening to the Dardens recall their 10-year ordeal with the city’s effort to evict them from the rapidly gentrifying southeast Atlanta neighborhood.
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Atlanta Civic Circle partnered with Capital B Atlanta to produce this story. Journalist Maria Saporta, founder of The Saporta Report, contributed to this article.
