- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Forsyth County Protest
- Contributor to Resource:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Date of Original:
- 1987-01-17
- Subject:
- Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Cumming
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Cumming
African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Cumming
Men--Georgia--Cumming
Women--Georgia--Cumming
African American men--Georgia--Cumming
African American women--Georgia--Cumming
White supremacy movements--Georgia--Cumming
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Discrimination in housing--Georgia--Cumming
Buses--Georgia--Cumming
Confederate States of America--Flags
Roads--Georgia--Cumming - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Forsyth County, Cumming, 34.20732, -84.14019
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- On January 17, 1987, a group of Atlantans marched to protest the lack of African Americans in Cumming, the seat of Forsyth County. Led by the Reverend Hosea Williams, the march was disrupted by militant white racists, many from outside the county.
This photograph shows marchers in a civil rights protest on January 17, 1987. A group of Atlantans marched to protest the lack of African Americans in Cumming, Georgia, the seat of Forsyth County. Led by the Reverend Hosea Williams, the march was disrupted by militant white racists, many from outside the county. These counterdemonstrators are walking next to a bus carrying the civil rights marchers, many of whom are holding Confederate battle flags. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/cumming/forsyth-county-march1/
- Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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