Before Tulsa, this Georgia county forced out nearly all Black residents

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Published on May 29, 2021 - Duration: 07:54s

Before Tulsa, this Georgia county forced out nearly all 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.

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