Laurens County, Georgia race riot of 1919

Laurens County, Georgia race riot of 1919

Part of Red Summer
News Coverage of the Laurens Race Riot 1919
Date	August 27–29, 1919
Location	Laurens County, Georgia, United States
Deaths	1 killed [1]

The Laurens County, Georgia race riot was an attack on the black community by white mobs in August 1919. In the Haynes' report, as summarized in the New York Times, it is called the Ocmulgee, Georgia race riot.^[1]