DUARTE GERALDINO:

A moment of extreme division captured in one of Oprah Winfrey’s first shows. She came to Forsyth after it was thrust into the global spotlight because an unspoken ban on black people was, all at once, being exposed, challenged and proudly defended.

FRANK SHIRLEY, Committee to Keep Forsyth and Dawson Counties White: My name is Frank Shirley. I am head of the Committee to Keep Forsyth Dawson County White. There were thousands of white people that came out to join our white people’s protest.

PATRICK PHILLIPS, Author, “Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America”: First time anyone, including myself, had seen black faces in Forsyth County.