From Atlanta Capital B NewsHistory Beneath Our Feet: Atlantas Gentrifying Neighborhoods Hold Haunting Stories of 24 Murdered Black Women
From Atlanta Capital B NewsHistory Beneath Our Feet: Atlantas Gentrifying Neighborhoods Hold Haunting Stories of 24 Murdered Black Women
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Atlanta’s Forgotten History: 24 Black Women Murdered, No Justice Served
On a quiet stretch of White and Lawton streets, in southwest Atlanta, there’s no marker. No sign. Just a patch of sidewalk, cars passing, and weeds curling from a cracked curb that offers no clues to its past. But in the summer of 1911, this is where Lizzie Watts was found — her throat slashed, […]
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