The race riot of 1906 made international headlines and threatened Atlanta's image as a thriving New South city. On September 22, 1906 newspapers reported alleged assaults on four white women by black men. After the report white angry men gather in the streets of Atlanta, Georgia with the intentions of attacking and killing every black […]

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