Cascade Heights

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Cascade Heights is an affluent predominantly African-American neighborhood located on the southwest side of Atlanta, Georgia. It is adjacent to the West End. For the past decade, Atlanta’s Cascade community has been expanding westward with new subdivisions and shopping centers. It resembles any other upper-middle-class suburb, with the exception being that nearly all of its residents are African-American. Notable residents of Cascade Heights include: current Atlanta mayor, Shirley Franklin, baseball legend Hank Aaron, former UN Ambassador and mayor of Atlanta Andrew Young, and past national president of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., and founding member of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Ozell Sutton.