- 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
African American women civil rights workers--Georgia--Cumming
Women civil rights workers--Georgia--Cumming
Men--Georgia--Cumming
Women--Georgia--Cumming
African American men--Georgia--Cumming
African American women--Georgia--Cumming
Signs and signboards--Georgia--Cumming
White supremacy movements--Georgia--Cumming
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Discrimination in housing--Georgia--Cumming
Civil rights--Georgia--Cumming
African Americans--Civil rights - People:
- Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Forsyth County, Cumming, 34.20732, -84.14019
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Marchers demonstrate for fair housing in Forsyth County in 1987. The march, led by Hosea Williams, ended in a confrontation with Ku Klux Klansmen throwing rocks and bottles at the demonstrators. The incident brought national attention to Forsyth County and resulted in the indictment of two Klan organizations.
This photograph shows marchers demonstrating for fair housing in Forsyth County, Georgia, in 1987. Demonstrators are holding signs that read "Forsyth loves everybody" and "Ain't gonna let nobody turn us around." The march, led by Hosea Williams, ended in a confrontation with Ku Klux Klansmen throwing rocks and bottles at the demonstrators. The incident brought national attention to Forsyth County and resulted in the indictment of two Klan organizations. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/forsyth-county/marchers/
- Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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