African American home set on fire by Ku Klux Klan, Georgia

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Title

African American home set on fire by Ku Klux Klan, Georgia

Date

1949-02-28

Type

Still Image

Publisher

Georgia State University Library, crediting the Stetson Kennedy Papers

Source

https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/digital/collection/SKennedy/id/10596/rec/20

Description

Text on reverse: "Klan fires negro home, Ga. 2/28/49. A Negro mother and son burned out of their home by the Klan in Georgia. Labeled 115 Klan burns home of Negro family, it shows frame house afire with figures before it and truck parked in the middle distance."

Creator

unknown

Collection

Citation

unknown, "African American home set on fire by Ku Klux Klan, Georgia," Rethinking Violence, February 28, 1949, accessed July 8, 2024, https://rethinkingviolence.com/items/show/1068.