Descendants of Forsyth County’s racial cleansing in 1912 tell their stories - Gainesville Times

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Descendants of Forsyth County’s racial cleansing in 1912 tell their stories

Descendants of the 1912 racial conflict were in attendance at a panel discussion at Poplar Hill Baptist Church in Buford on the 1912 Forsyth racial cleansing. - photo by Scott Rogers

02192022 FORSYTH 2.jpg — Descendants of the 1912 racial conflict were in attendance at a panel discussion at Poplar Hill Baptist Church in Buford on the 1912 Forsyth racial cleansing. - photo by Scott Rogers

Few Black people, if any, lived in Forsyth County for more than five decades.