Dixie Hills is a historic neighborhood of northwest Atlanta with a population of 1,756 (2010).
In 1965 he moved his business to what is now called South Downtown and changed the name to Miller's Rexall Drugs,[3] today a quirky landmark known for its selection of hoodoo supplies.
During the long hot summer of 1967, when more than 100 race riots broke out around the country, Dixie Hills joined the rebellion for three nights after Kwame Turé (then Stokely Carmichael) addressed a protest over a youngster’s shooting by a black policeman.
[4] After a riot in June 1967,[5] the city dedicated resources to build a path to Anderson Park, a baseball diamond and shower stalls;[4] and to repairing streets and improving health inspections.
The official community website for the Dixie Hills neighborhood is www.DixieHillsAtlanta.com Atlanta Child Murders prime suspect Wayne Williams was born and raised in Dixie Hills.