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1911 - In the midst of the Ripper murders, a Georgia hero passes away from old age.
Clement Anselm Evans was a decorated veteran of the Confederate Army who rose to the lofty rank of Brigadier-General.
He was as close to a celebrity as you could get in 1911.
Clement Anselm Evans was a decorated veteran of the Confederate Army who rose to the lofty rank of Brigadier-General.
He was as close to a celebrity as you could get in 1911.
Local media was verklempt.
One paper gushed about his “moral grandeur of character.”
His body lay in the rotunda of the state capitol until it departed with a parade of 1000s of mourners to @oaklandcemetery.
He was buried beneath a 70-ft obelisk honoring the Confederate dead.
One paper gushed about his “moral grandeur of character.”
His body lay in the rotunda of the state capitol until it departed with a parade of 1000s of mourners to @oaklandcemetery.
He was buried beneath a 70-ft obelisk honoring the Confederate dead.
1912 - Forsyth County, Geo.
After a white woman is attacked in Georgia’s rural Forsyth County, local whites pin the blame on the tiny black population of mostly-poor sharecroppers.
A young black man, Rob Edwards, is lynched on the town square by an angry mob.
After a white woman is attacked in Georgia’s rural Forsyth County, local whites pin the blame on the tiny black population of mostly-poor sharecroppers.
A young black man, Rob Edwards, is lynched on the town square by an angry mob.
A handful of other black teenagers are rounded up with little-to-no evidence of guilt.
Fearing another lynching, Forsyth Co. officials transport the teenaged prisoners to Atlanta so they can be held in the infamous Fulton Tower.
Fearing another lynching, Forsyth Co. officials transport the teenaged prisoners to Atlanta so they can be held in the infamous Fulton Tower.
Weeks later they are taken back to Forsyth Co. for trial.
They are paraded through the streets of Atlanta in chains, surrounded by 167 state militiamen.
(siblings Jane & Oscar Daniel shown in photo, surrounded by troops)
They are paraded through the streets of Atlanta in chains, surrounded by 167 state militiamen.
(siblings Jane & Oscar Daniel shown in photo, surrounded by troops)
Two of the prisoners are found guilty of murder in a 1-day trial.
A double, public lynching is staged.
The local Baptist minister steps onto the platform & asks for God’s blessing. 4,000 spectators bow their heads.
Minutes later they are cheering as two bodies swing.
A double, public lynching is staged.
The local Baptist minister steps onto the platform & asks for God’s blessing. 4,000 spectators bow their heads.
Minutes later they are cheering as two bodies swing.
Throughout the fall in 1912, black families in Forsyth Co. are terrorized by masked “night riders” on horseback who harass, terrorize, and dynamite their homes.
These night riders are the revived version of the old night patrols that caught runaway slaves a century before.
These night riders are the revived version of the old night patrols that caught runaway slaves a century before.
Now homeless, more than 1,000 black citizens flee the county. For weeks, wagon-fulls of black refugees pour into neighboring Hall County. In their absence, land & cattle are seized.
Forsyth County will remain all-white for the next 70 years. No restitution is ever paid.
Forsyth County will remain all-white for the next 70 years. No restitution is ever paid.
1917 - Macon, Georgia.
From the local paper, “Night riders are conducting a campaign of terror against negroes buying automobiles with the proceeds of their cotton crops.”
The story describes how black men who’d purchased cars were kidnapped in the night & horse-whipped.
From the local paper, “Night riders are conducting a campaign of terror against negroes buying automobiles with the proceeds of their cotton crops.”
The story describes how black men who’d purchased cars were kidnapped in the night & horse-whipped.
