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December 8, 2017

 

 

The ‘Racial Cleansing’

That Drove

1,100 Black Residents

Out Of

Forsyth County, Ga.

In 1912, white mobs set fire to black churches and black-owned businesses. Author Patrick Phillips revisits the incident in his book, Blood at the Root. Originally broadcast Sept. 15, 2016.

 

 

>via: https://www.npr.org/2017/12/08/569156832/the-racial-cleansing-that-drove-1-100-black-residents-out-of-forsyth-county-ga