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The Atlanta Race Riot 1906

Margaret Mitchell was profoundly influenced by a violent race riot

04/01/2012 | Rating NR

American Masters

The Atlanta Race Riot 1906

Clip: 4/1/2012 | 3m

Margaret Mitchell was profoundly influenced by a violent race riot

Born in 1900, young Margaret Mitchell was profoundly influenced by a violent race riot perpetrated by white mobs against innocent blacks. The Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 ravaged her home city and haunted the hub of the South for decades.

04/01/2012 | Rating NR

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The Grand Premiere

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Interview with Pamela Roberts

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Clip: 4/1/2012 | 3m 40s | Scholars and devoted readers of Margaret Mitchell's classic novel have been argue (3m 40s)

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Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize Night

Clip: 4/1/2012 | 3m 25s | Mitchell received news of the prize by phone and hid from the press (3m 25s)

Maybelle Stephens Mitchell, Southern Suffragist

Clip: 4/1/2012 | 3m 1s | The most important person in Margaret Mitchell's life was her mother Maybelle (3m 1s)

Pat Conroy: My Mother and Gone With The Wind

Clip: 4/1/2012 | 4m 31s | Pat Conroy tells a poignant story of listening to his mother read Gone With the Wind (4m 31s)

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