Question

In this city, Henry Turner’s “Am I a Man?” speech protested the expulsion of black legislators. A washerwomen’s strike took place in this city before the International Cotton Exposition. (-5[1])Prosecutor Hugh Dorsey’s racist notions of “old” Black people prevented a Brooklyn-born man in this city from pinning a murder on Jim Conley. W. E. B. Du Bois wrote about buying a shotgun after witnessing a racist mob in this city that attacked Decatur Street. Mary Phagan’s murder led to the antisemitic lynching of Leo Frank in this city, where African Americans were told to “cast down [their] buckets where [they] are” by Booker T. Washington. For 10 points, a compromise” against civil rights was made in what Southern city where Sherman began his march to the sea? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Atlanta, Georgia [accept Atlanta Compromise]
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Simon Zimmerman (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Michigan A28-5
Rachel Fanous (DII)Michigan AOhio State A (UG)12710

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2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y7100%0%14%85.00
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