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  2. A lynching scarred this Georgia county. Is it willing to ...

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    Snead, who moved to Forsyth in 1989, says it has seen growth. He recalls only 14 Black people living in the county of 42,000 people back then. More than three decades later, the county has ...

  3. Folklore of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Native American cultures are numerous and diverse. Though some neighboring cultures hold similar beliefs, others can be quite different from one another. The most common myths are the creation myths, which tell a story to explain how the earth was formed and where humans and other beings came from. Others may include explanations about the Sun ...

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

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    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 ...

  5. Oscarville, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Location of Forsyth County within the state of Georgia. 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.

  6. Culture of Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    Saint Mark United Methodist church. As with the rest of the South, Georgia is highly religious, with the predominant religion in the state being Christianity.In fact, 85% of Georgians are Christians with 76% of those being Protestant, 8% Catholic and 1% designated as Other; 13% of the population have no religion and 2% are of a religion other than Christianity. [3]

  7. Forsyth County, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Forsyth County (/ f ɔːr ˈ s aɪ θ / for-SYTHE or / ˈ f ɔːr s aɪ θ / FOR-sythe) is a county in the Northeast region 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 ...

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  9. American mythology - Wikipedia

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    American mythology is the body of traditional stories pertaining to America's most legendary stories and folktale, dating back to the late 1700s when the first colonists settled. "American mythology" may also refer to the modern study of these representations, and to the subject matter as represented in the literature and art of other cultures ...