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Family of KKK Leader General John B. Gordon Asks that His Statue Be Removed in Atlanta

 Author: Patrick Young  Published Date: June 22, 2020  7 Comments on Family of KKK Leader General John B. Gordon Asks that His Statue Be Removed in Atlanta

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that the family of Ku Klux Klan leader and Confederate general John B. Gordon be removed from the grounds of…

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When Black and White Refugees Fled to Atlanta to Escape the Klan May 1869

 Author: Patrick Young  Published Date: April 20, 2020  Leave a Comment on When Black and White Refugees Fled to Atlanta to Escape the Klan May 1869

Political and racial violence in the Reconstruction Era South was a factor in setting Southerners, Black and white, into motion as refugees. Ku Klux attacks…

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Remembering the Massacre of African Americans in Atlanta in 1906

 Author: Patrick Young  Published Date: October 15, 2019  Leave a Comment on Remembering the Massacre of African Americans in Atlanta in 1906

Atlanta used to call itself “The City Too Busy to Hate,” implying that if things slowed down, watch out! The “Too Busy to Hate” nickname…

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