Preserving Voices in Little 5 Points

WRFG and L5P Business Association (along with L5P Cultural District) Launch Oral History Project.

Posted on Pacifica Network on 2 September, 2025 by Diane Reinhardt

Little Five Points is a time-tested, tight-knit neighborhood, a few miles east of Atlanta’s downtown. Named after the five-point trolley car intersection around which the community grew, by the 1890’s Little Five Points had already developed into a bustling retail center. In 1920, the neighborhood was designated as one of Atlanta’s first commercial districts. Challenged by the Great Depression and in the 1960’s by a proposed demolition to allow for construction of a highway, the people of Little Five Points pulled together and pushed through. Today, the neighborhood stands as Atlanta’s center of art and invention fueled by its own blend of creative soul and public spirit.

In 2024, two local organizations–community radio station WRFG and the L5P Business Association–partnered to launch the Little Five Points Oral History Project, an initiative dedicated to celebrating and protecting their unique home. Volunteers compiled a list of some 90 L5P residents to be interviewed. Conversations are currently being recorded. The first nine can be heard through WRFG’s website.

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