Atlanta graft ring
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Atlanta graft ring
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The Atlanta graft ring was a corruption scandal that erupted in 1930 which generated
26 indictments and earned a Pulitzer Prize for the Atlanta Constitution newspaper. Atlanta had prided itself for a relatively corruption-free government throughout its history, but this changed in the 1920s.
On November 18, 1929, Fourth Ward Alderman Ben T. Huiet told the city council he had heard that payment of $3,500 was asked for in order to approve electrical wiring that had been installed in the new Atlant
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2019-10-05T11:27:51Z
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