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This is Barry Truths.

I'm Hank Clibbenoff.

In Austin, Georgia, a sleepy little farming community in Montgomery County,

it's a hot and sunny election morning.

There's one major intersection west broad street in railroad avenue,

and today is voting day, September 8, 1948.

It's a grand occasion for a small town.

Communities like this would routinely hang the red, white, and blue bun team,

and the American flag with 48 stars.

And here in Austin, black residents from all over the area will vote.

People like Dover Carter, head of the NAACP.

Here's his son, Aaron Carter.

I think the injustice that he saw was a thing that motivated him.

Another voter today, Isaiah Nixon, the farmer.

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