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- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1906
- Subject:
- Massacres--Georgia--Atlanta
Militias--Georgia
Uniforms--1900-1910
Street-railroads--1900-1910
Weapons
Atlanta Race Massacre, Atlanta, Ga., 1906 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- gelatin silver prints
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- When the General Riot Call was Tolled the State Troops responded promptly and lined the Main Streets. An hour after the troops appeared the mod dispersed. There was no further trouble in the city, but rioting continued in the suburbs until put down by the military.
View of militia at the scene of the 1906 race massacre at the intersection of Walton Street and Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia taken from Harper's Weekly, volume 50, page 1458.
military, riot, race, streetcar, spectators, Carpenter's tools, gun smith, 5 points, hats, flags, massacre
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The Atlanta Race Massacre of 1906 took place from September 22 to September 26, 1906 when Atlanta newspapers reported four alleged assaults on local white women. Soon white men gathered in the Five Points area in downtown Atlanta and turned violent. An estimated 25 to 40 African-Americans were killed along with two confirmed white Americans. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.2047.001
ahc1702047001a.jpg - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/1117
- IIIF manifest:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/athpc:1117/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights: