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  2. A Georgia county that once expelled all Black residents now ...

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    According to the 1990 census, of the 44,083 people who lived in Forsyth County, 43,573 were white (close to 99%) and just 14 were Black. It was a place, Snead said, where generations of families ...

  3. Sundown town - Wikipedia

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    Sundown towns, also known as sunset towns, gray towns, or sundowner towns, were all- white municipalities or neighborhoods in the United States. They were towns that practice a form of racial segregation by excluding non-whites via some combination of discriminatory local laws, intimidation or violence. They were most prevalent before the 1950s.

  4. Fourth Industrial Revolution - Wikipedia

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    Amazon Go, a cashierless store enabled by computer vision, deep learning, and sensor fusion. " Fourth Industrial Revolution ", " 4IR ", or " Industry 4.0 " [ 1 ] is a neologism describing rapid technological advancement in the 21st century. [ 2 ] It follows the Third Industrial Revolution (the "Information Age").

  5. 1912 racial conflict in Forsyth County, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Location of Forsyth County within the U.S. state of Georgia. In Forsyth County, Georgia, in September 1912, two separate alleged attacks on white women in the Cumming area resulted in black men being accused as suspects. First, a white woman reportedly awoke to find a black man in her bedroom; then days later, a white teenage girl was beaten ...

  6. Forsyth County, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Forsyth County (/ fɔːrˈsaɪθ / for-SYTHE or / ˈfɔːrsaɪθ / FOR-sythe) is a county in the Northeast portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. Suburban and exurban in character, Forsyth County lies within the Atlanta metropolitan area. The county's only incorporated city and county seat is Cumming. [ 1 ] At the 2020 census, the population was ...

  7. Monroe County, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Monroe County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,957. [ 1 ] The county seat is Forsyth. [ 2 ] The county was created on May 15, 1821. [ 3 ] The county was named for James Monroe. [ 4 ] Monroe County is included in the Macon, GA metropolitan statistical area.

  8. Oscarville, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Oscarville is a ghost town in Forsyth County, Georgia. Oscarville, a majority-Black town, is most famous for being a central location in a series of violent crimes and racially motivated riots that happened in 1912, driving away most of the Black residents in Forsyth County. In 1950, the remnants of the town were flooded during the construction ...

  9. 1906 Atlanta race massacre - Wikipedia

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    The 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre, also known as the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot, was an episode of mass racial violence against African Americans in the United States in September 1906. Violent attacks by armed mobs of White Americans against African Americans in Atlanta, Georgia, began after newspapers, on the evening of September 22, 1906, published ...