"Freaknik: Atlanta's Iconic '80s and '90s Spring Break Party Revisited"
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Freaknik, the wild college spring break party in Atlanta during the 1990s, attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors and played a pivotal role in establishing the city as a force in the music industry. The event, chronicled in a new Hulu documentary, started as a small picnic for students from historically Black colleges and universities and grew into a massive gathering that eventually fizzled out due to public safety concerns. Despite its controversial legacy, many attendees look back on Freaknik as a time of freedom and cultural celebration.
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- A look back at Freaknik, Atlanta's iconic HBCU spring break party of '80s and '90s NPR
- Freaknik: behind the wild party that became a cultural phenomenon The Guardian
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