Urban Beach Week has been likened to a continuation of an annual spring break meeting in Atlanta, that began in 1983 near what?
Freaknik Freaknik was an annual spring break meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, primarily of students from historically black colleges and universities. Begun in 1983 as a small picnic near the Atlanta University Center, it was initially sponsored by the DC Metro Club and was typically held during the third weekend in April to coincide with the schools of the Atlanta University Center's Reading Day. The event increased in size and popularity in the 1990s with dancing, drinking, parties, a basketball tournament, rap sessions, a film festival and a job fair.
Atlanta Black Pride Atlanta Pride is an annual official festival for the African American LGBT community held in Atlanta each year at the end of August and beginning of September (week of Labor Day holiday). As of 2005 it was noted as one of the three largest black gay pride festivals in the country, while the festival itself bills itself as the largest official black pride celebration in the world. The event plays a major part in the annual $65 million economic impact on Atlanta's economy during Labor Day weekend.