In Wrightsville, Georgia, state troopers were deployed to quell racial disturbances sparked by long-standing tensions over police brutality, voter suppression, and systemic inequality. The unrest was part of a broader wave of racial incidents that year, with similar clashes reported in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Oceanside, California; Kokomo, Indiana; Wichita, Kansas; and Johnston County, North Carolina. These events underscored the persistence of racial injustice in American communities decades after the civil rights era.
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