Monday, 31 May 2021

Before Tulsa, this Georgia county forced out Black residents

Forsyth County, Georgia, was home to over a thousand Black residents in the early 20th century, including some who owned hundreds of acres of land. The death of a White teenager and the lynching of a Black man upended the community, causing ripple effects that people are still reckoning with today. CNN Films' "Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street" airs Monday, May 31 at 9 p.m ET.


from CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2021/05/27/america-black-communities-wealth-georgia-history-refocused-eg-ch-orig.cnn
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