THE ATLANTA RIOT: RACE, CLASS, AND VIOLENCE IN A NEW SOUTH CITY (Southern Dissent) - Softcover

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9780813030753: THE ATLANTA RIOT: RACE, CLASS, AND VIOLENCE IN A NEW SOUTH CITY (Southern Dissent)

Synopsis

Gregory Mixon traces the roots of the Atlanta Riot of 1906, exploring the intricate political, social, and urban conditions that led to one of the defining events of race relations in southern and African-American history. On September 22, 1906, several thousand white Atlantans rioted, ostensibly because they believed that black men had committed "repeated assaults on the white women of Fulton County," according to newspapers at the time. Four days after the massacre began, 32 people had died and 70 were wounded.

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About the Author

Gregory Mixon, assistant professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, is the author of articles published in Georgia Historical Quarterly, Journal of Negro History, and Atlanta History: A Journal of Georgia and the South.

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ISBN 10:  081302787X ISBN 13:  9780813027876
Publisher: University Press of Florida, 2005
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