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Freaknik
Freaknik was an annual spring break meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, primarily of students from historically black colleges and universities. Begun in 1983 as a small picnic near the Atlanta University Center, it was initially sponsored by the DC Metro Club 〔 and was typically held during the third weekend in April to coincide with the schools of the Atlanta University Center's Reading Day. The event increased in size and popularity in the 1990s with dancing, drinking, parties, a basketball tournament, rap sessions, a film festival and a job fair.
== History ==
In its heyday, the fest attracted upwards of 250,000 revelers to the city. However, Atlantans' reception of the festival was mixed. Many residents had attended and enjoyed Freaknik since it was started. Otherwise, Freaknik went largely unnoticed by most of the city. The problems with Freaknik began in 1993, when the number of people coming to Atlanta for the event suddenly doubled to more than 80,000.
Many residents believe the City of Atlanta was caught off guard in 1993 by the increased number of people who came to the city for Freaknik. In some areas, the massive increase in cars on the road caused traffic to come to a halt, and the revelers got out of their cars and started roaming the streets. This in turn caused panic in some areas where people could not get home from their jobs, and they were trapped in areas where many revelers started harassing and yelling obscenities at residents. There were also several reports of violence, looting, rapes and other sexual assaults. All this showed Freaknik in a negative light, and Atlanta residents demanded that the city get control of the event.〔http://www.prairie.org/events/23726/should-we-freak-out-over-freaknik; http://www.redandblack.com/1998/04/16/atlanta-is-killing-off-spirit-of-freaknik/; http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19970418&slug=2534551; http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/freaknik-not-just-another-467432.html; http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/freaknik-not-just-another-467432.html; http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/town-talk/entries/2008/04/14/as_the_best_par.html〕
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