forsyth county GA

[Weather1man 0]

Forsyth used to be country but know it is Gwinett couunty. Anyone have comments.

[Newnan 1]

I'm not surprised that Forsyth has grown. It was ripe for the pickin. I'd like to know when this growth happened though

You might have wanted to post this thread in The Atlanta Forum

[ZachariahDaMan 1]

The growth in Forsyth County has happened in the past few years. It had 98,407 people in 2000 and in 2004 it had around 131,865.

[ironchapman 1]

And 95.05% of those people are white.

Check it out here

[DCMetroRaleigh 99]

Isn't Forsyth County known as a racist county that tried to keep blacks out. When civil rights organizers marched there some years ago, citizens threw snowballs at them and told them to stay out.

[Miesian Corners 787]

Yeah, Oprah went there back in the late 80s for this reason and did her show from there.

[teshadoh 0]

Isn't Forsyth County known as a racist county that tried to keep blacks out. When civil rights organizers marched there some years ago, citizens threw snowballs at them and told them to stay out.

Try ROCKS. That was in 1989 or 1990 when Hosea Williams led a massive march through the 100% white county. The county had Black residents prior to WWII who were mostly farmers, but were all driven out. Hosea Williams & the marchers were met along the road by numerous hecklers, including KKK member David Duke. Several were pelted by rocks as they marched through.

Incredibly, this disaster was quickly erased in many Atlantans minds. Blacks have since moved into Forsyth County, as it wasn't any major social education that took place, but simply suburbanization. The lower income white residents of the 1980's are now outnumbered by high income whites - many from the northeastern US.