RECAP: Episode 1 HBO's latest documentary series - "Atlanta's Missing & Murdered: The Lost Children" - debuts roughly 40 years after the grisly 1979-1981 crime spree that shook the southern metropolis to its core. Over the course of two years, at least 28 people were murdered, most of whom were children and all of whom were African American. Black families railed at the local government to do more to investigate and protect their children, with the kidnappings and murders drawing little interest and coverage until the toll rose to nearly double digits.
HBO's 'Atlanta's Missing & Murdered' re-examines racially charged tragedy | Recap
HBO's 'Atlanta's Missing & Murdered…
HBO's 'Atlanta's Missing & Murdered' re-examines racially charged tragedy | Recap
RECAP: Episode 1 HBO's latest documentary series - "Atlanta's Missing & Murdered: The Lost Children" - debuts roughly 40 years after the grisly 1979-1981 crime spree that shook the southern metropolis to its core. Over the course of two years, at least 28 people were murdered, most of whom were children and all of whom were African American. Black families railed at the local government to do more to investigate and protect their children, with the kidnappings and murders drawing little interest and coverage until the toll rose to nearly double digits.