Amos T Akerman (left) and the Cartersville roadside marker in his memory (Courtesy photo: Ga. Historical Society)
Legal news swirled around U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr this week, but a group in Cartersville on Thursday gathered to remember a different AG—Amos Akerman, a Georgia lawyer who served under President Ulysses Grant from 1870 to 1871.
His tenure was short but packed with drama, as historians say Akerman pioneered the Justice Department’s investigative power into what became the FBI, and his target was often the Ku Klux Klan.
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