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Race #24

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Official speed 74.90 wpm (62.32 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 16, 2011 11:39:52am UTC
Race Finish May 16, 2011 11:40:55am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Accuracy 94.0%
Points 0.00
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Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Movement without the overt violent conflict that haunted some of its southern neighbors, Atlanta was a city obsessed with economic progress. Just as editor Henry Grady had looked north for investment and support in the wake of the Civil War, the city's newest generation of boosters saw international dollars as the future for Atlanta.