The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot and the Reshaping of American Race Relations
by
David Fort Godshalk
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2006
In 1906 Atlanta, after a summer of inflammatory headlines and accusations of black-on-white sexual assaults, armed white mobs attacked African Americans, resulting in at least twenty-five black fatalities. Atlanta's black residents fought back and repeatedly defended their neighborhoods from white...