1906 Atlanta Massacre: How Newspapers Fueled One of the Deadliest Attacks on Black Americans
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In September 1906, Atlanta experienced one of the worst racial attacks in U.S. history. For three days, white mobs moved through the city attacking Black residents, destroying businesses, and killing people in the open. It is often called the “Atlanta Race Riot,” but what happened was not a riot. It was a massacre. In 1906, […]
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