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2. Didn't realize that. She is from Forsyth County - another horrible history

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Wed Feb 8, 2023, 12:49 PM

Feb 2023

There are currently 260,000 residents of Forsyth county. About 8,000 are African American.

In 1912 mins on horseback drove all the black people out.

https://www.history.com/news/georgia-racial-expulsion-stacey-abrams

In 1912, white mobs set fire to black churches and black-owned businesses. Eventually the entire black population of Forsyth County was driven out, says Blood at the Root author Patrick Phillips.
https://www.npr.org/2016/09/15/494063372/the-racial-cleansing-that-drove-1-100-black-residents-out-of-forsyth-county-ga

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Majore Taylor Green.....a History of the 14th District that she slanders everyday..... [View all] turbinetree Feb 2023 OP

I believe claudette Feb 2023 #1

Didn't realize that. She is from Forsyth County - another horrible history underpants Feb 2023 #2

Part of the reason why Diamond_Dog Feb 2023 #4

This contains a great description of how Greene got elected and her district. TheBlackAdder Feb 2023 #3

IGNORANCE only breeds more IGNORANCE... ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2023 #5

It's Too Bad It's Too Complicated To Separate America By Districts SoCalDavidS Feb 2023 #6

It is complicated. You know why? hippywife Feb 2023 #7

Except, They ARE Getting Brushed Off SoCalDavidS Feb 2023 #8

But that's not what you are suggesting. hippywife Feb 2023 #11

She's from the N Atlanta burbs, but would never get elected there, so she picked the whitest, rural themaguffin Feb 2023 #9

A concentrated white power christofash area that is emblematic of RW shitholedom Celerity Feb 2023 #10

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