County called ‘the most racist’ reckons with its past

About 30 miles north of Atlanta lies Forsyth County, Georgia. It’s home to about 270,000 residents who boast about Forsyth’s high-performing public schools and growing diverse communities. But in 1912, it was the site of a brutal racial cleansing that expelled about 1,100 Black residents. Now, a new scholarship is helping descendants of those families reclaim their legacy. In this week’s Stay Tuned we’ll uncover the complex history of Forsyth County rooted in racial violence and injustice, and how its current residents are having a serious reckoning with that past.

Correspondent: Marquise Francis

Producer: Russel Abad

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