The Atlanta Race Riot began on the evening of the 22nd of
September, 1906 when unsubstantiated and provocative reports of
assaults on white women by black men appeared in the local papers.
These reports fed upon the tensions that already existed in
Atlanta, where whites blamed blacks for job competition and
resented the increasing political power of the black population,
who had gained the vote. Thousands of white men gathered in a mob
and began attacking property owned by blacks and violently
assaulting black men and women. Between 25 and 40 African Americans
were killed in the 3 days of rioting that followed.
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