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Decatur Street Tales: the Decay of Fulton Highways and the Bad Black Person
A stark account links Decatur Street crime to public highways work, tracing Ephraim Johnsing from gunman to highway constructor. It portrays police chases, a slain or wounded offender, and the cycle of arrest, jail, and return to the street amid a troubling racial stereotype and urban fear.
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Decatur Street
Chaingang
Fulton
Decatur
Ephraim Johnsing
Decatur Stret
Embrya
Ephraim Tohnzing
Br Yies
Dlack Way
Washington Street
Decatur Strest
Ffriend Ephraim
Fulton County