The Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 was a mass civil disturbance in Atlanta, Georgia, USA which began the evening of September 22nd and lasted until September 25th. At least 27 people died[1] and over seventy were injured. Civil disorder is a broad term that is typically used by law enforcement to describe one or more forms of disturbance caused by a group of people. ... Hotlanta redirects here. ... September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Atlanta newspapers reported that black men were assaulting white women. The charges were not true, but the reports set off the Atlanta race riot of 1906. The official death count was 12 black and two white, but it has been claimed the real death toll was much higher[citation needed] as Atlanta authorities did not want to further damage the reputation of the city. The riot was reported in newspapers around the world but has not been taught in schools in the United States, and those who died have not been officially commemorated.
External links
Defending Home and Hearth: Walter White Recalls the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot
NPR: Atlanta Race Riot
Atlanta Race Riot - The Coalition to Remember the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot
Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 - Article in The New Georgia Encyclopedia
Rage in the Gate City - The online home for the book on the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot by Rebecca Burns
Bauerlein, Mark (2001). Negrophobia: A Race Riot in Atlanta, 1906. San Francisco: Encounter Books. ISBN 1-893554-54-6.
Burns, Rebecca (2006). Rage in the Gate City: The Story of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot. Emmis Books. ISBN 1-57860-268-8.
Godshalk, David Fort (2006). Veiled Visions: The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot and the Reshaping of American Race Relations. The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-5626-6.
Mixon, Gregory (2005). The Atlanta Riot: Race, Class, And Violence In A New South City. University Press of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-2787-X.
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