The Terror of a Racial Cleansing in Georgia

'104 years ago in the largely African American community of Forsyth, Georgia, three black men were accused of raping and murdering a white girl. All three men were executed, and following their deaths, white “night riders” launched violently drove all 1,098 black citizens out of the county. In Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America , Patrick Phillips traces the history of racial violence in Georgia, and looks at how Forsyth County remained “all white” into the 1990s.' -- +The Leonard Lopate Show from WNYC