How did it county just outside Atlanta become and stay one of the most segregated places

in the American South, well into the 80s?

Author Patrick Phillips looks at the chilling history of Forsyth County, Georgia, in his

new book Blood at the Root.

If a black truck driver drove through Forsyth and you know, stopped for gas, there was still

the possibility that he would be attacked or intimidated.

So I could still feel that this was in the air, even as a kid in the 70s.

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I'm Pamela Paul.

Among the many horrific stories of American segregation, that of Forsyth County, Georgia,

stands out.

Patrick Phillips has written a new book about its troubled history.

The book is called Blood at the Root of Racial Cleansing in America and I'm so pleased

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