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Welcome to the Blakely Home page. The Blakely Home page provides as much information as possible on Blakely. Knowing Blakely’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Blakely’s Home page, you will also find Blakely’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Blakely has a population of 4605. 40.1% of Blakely’s inhabitants are Male, and 59.9 are female. 28.4% of Blakely is married and 52% own their own home. The Average Home price is $122,179, and the average rent is $756. Household median income in Blakely is $24,051, and the individual median income is $18,720. Blakely’s Ethnic is the following: Black(70.9%), White(25.8%), Multiple(2.1%), Asian(1.1%), Hispanic(0.1%), Native(0.1%).


Blakely was platted in 1825 as the county seat for Early County. It was named for Johnston Blakeley, an officer in the War of 1812. Between 1881 and 1947 at least seven African-Americans were lynched in Blakely, including at least two veterans. One of these, Wilbur Little, was murdered upon returning from service in World War I by whites who detested seeing a negro in uniform.


In 1960 an African-American veteran from New Jersey who was traveling through the county was convicted of rape and sentenced to death 3 days after his arrest in a trial that featured no defense counsel and no jury. The story was chronicled in the movie Fair Game.A month after the article appeared in the Chicago Defender the NAACP sent Monroe N.


Work to Blakely to investigate the incident. On June 7, 1919, Work sent a telegram to NAACP officer J.R. Shillady stating "Have investigated report. Blakely, Georgia, lynching does not appear to have occurred [sic]." Work concluded his investigation by recommending that allegations of a lynching be dropped.


However, further review by the organization found that it had in fact occurred.


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