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The premiere of the blockbuster movie Gone With the Wind took place in Atlanta on December 15, 1939. But this was no ordinary movie-going event. With crowds swelling to the hundreds of thousands, it was apparent the South had been waiting a long time for this moment. For many, Margaret Mitchell’s story of survival helped to redeem the South from decades of pain and suffering experienced after the Civil War and Reconstruction.
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