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The 1987 Forsyth County protests were a series of civil rights demonstrations held in Forsyth County, Georgia, in the United States.The protests consisted of two marches, held one week apart on January 17 and January 24, 1987.
According to Forsyth County, Georgia at least eight counter-protesters were arrested on charges of carrying concealed weapons and trespassing. The following weekend, January 24, 1987, there was a civil rights march attended by 20,000 integrationists, including civil rights leaders, U.S. senators and other senior officials.
CUMMING, Ga. — Driving through present-day Forsyth County is like navigating an American landscape haunted by its history. Centuries-old churches and storied cemeteries carry remnants of past ...
The county and state had mustered about 2,000 peace officers and National Guardsmen. Forsyth County paid $670,000 for police overtime during the political demonstration. (V. S. Naipaul's interview with Forsyth County Sheriff Wesley Walraven, before the second march, is referred to in his book A Turn in the South.)
In 1912, Forsyth County was home to about 12,000 residents, including 1,098 Black people scattered throughout the county. But that September, an 18-year-old white woman named Mae Crow was brutally ...
Buildings and structures in Forsyth County, Georgia (2 C, 5 P) E. ... 1987 Forsyth County protests; Forsyth County v. Nationalist Movement; H. Halcyon (Forsyth County ...
The protests have been met with a violent police crackdown as the ruling party and thousands of protesters become locked in a deepening battle over the country’s future and whether Georgia ...
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