Editor’s note: This article is part of We the People, a series marking the upcoming 250th birthday of the United States of America by Gray Media, parent company of WANF Atlanta News First.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – The ugly face of antisemitism struck Atlanta in a violent way on Oct. 12, 1958, when the city’s oldest and most prominent synagogue was bombed.
In the early morning hours, 50 sticks of dynamite exploded in a recessed entranceway at the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple on Peachtree Street…