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Sat, 09.22.1906

The Atlanta Race Riot Occurs

*On this date in 1906, The Atlanta Race Riot occurred. This tragedy resulted from bitter white hostility toward blacks after vague reports of Blacks harassing white women.

Over five days, at least ten black people were killed while Atlanta's police did nothing to protect Black citizens, going so far as to confiscate guns from Atlanta’s blacks while allowing whites to remain armed.  It was this and other events of hatred-based incidents during the “Red Summers” in the early twentieth century.

They were part of a pattern of anti-black violence, including several hundred lynchings each year for over two decades. France covered the story (image above) in this October 7, 1906 issue.

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Power Equality And we're out to get it I know some of you ain't wit'it This party started right in '66 With a pro-word black radical mix Then at the hour of twelve Some force... PARTY FOR YOUR RIGHT TO FIGHT by Public Enemy (Ridenhour/Shocklee/Sadler).
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