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The Race Riot of 1906 Historical Documents

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Photographs
Photograph "Civil Strife at Home and Abroad" Collier's: The National Weekly. 13 October 1906. Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center. Control #1320.
Photograph "J. Max Barber" The Voice. November 1906.
Photograph "Les Lynchages aux Etats-Unis" Le Petit Journal. 7 October 1906. Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center. Control #1374.
Photograph "Looking North on Peachtree Street on the Sunday Morning following the Rioting" Harper's Magazine. Vol. 50, p.1458. 1906. Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center. Control #2048.
Magazine Cover "Massacre de Negres dans les Rues d'Atlanta" Le Petit Parisien. 14 October 1906. Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center. Control #1375.
Photograph "When the General Riot Call was Tolled the State Troops responded promptly and lined the Main Streets" Harper's Magazine. Vol. 50, p. 1458. 1906. Courtesy of Atlanta History Center. Control #2047.
Illustration [Drawings of the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906] from Henderson, Alexa Benson. "Alonzo F. Herndon and Black Insurance in Atlanta, 1904-1915." Atlanta Historical Society Bulletin. Vol 21, No. 1 (Spring 1977). Courtesy of Atlanta History Center

Reports
Document Bullock, Penelope L. "Profile of a Periodical: 'The Voice of the Negro.'" The Atlanta Historical Bulletin. Vol. 13, No. 2 (June 1968). Courtesy of The Atlanta History Center.
Letter Capt. Claude C. Smith to Adjutant General, State of Georgia. Courtesy of the Georgia Department of Archives.
Letter John W. Nelms to Capt. Claude C. Smith Courtesy of the Georgia Department of Archives.
Letter Major Jas. A. Thomas, Jr. to Colonel Courtesy of the Georgia Department of Archives.
Letter Unsigned to Major Jas. A. Thomas, Jr. Courtesy of the Georgia Department of Archives.
Letter Walter A. Harris to Col. A.J. Scott Courtesy of the Georgia Department of Archives.

Newspapers
Newspaper article "The Aftermath of the Atlanta Riots" The Voice. January 1907.
Newspaper article "Atlanta" The Voice. March 1907.
Newspaper article "Prepare For War in Time of Peace" Atlanta Independent. 10 March 1906.
Headlines "Hoke Had Jobs for Negroes but Dismissed from Office Needy Widow of Georgia" and "Hoke Roard, Hoke Stomped, Hoke Fumed" The Atlanta Constitution. 10 July 1906.
Newspaper article "The Anti-Negro Riots in Atlanta" Harper's Weekly. Vol. 50 (July - December 1906): 1457-1459.
Newspaper article "Negro Disfranchisement" The Atlanta Journal. 2 July 1906.
Newspaper article "Negro Disfranchisement in Alabama Has Forever Removed the Stench From Politics and Makes Pure Election" The Atlanta Journal. 3 July 1906.
Headline "Clark Howell Smashes Hoke Smith at Albany. Cornered on the Negro Circular by Mr. Howell, Smith Admits Giving Fat Jobs to the Negroes" The Atlanta Constitution. 10 July 1906.
Newspaper article "Cornered by Clark Howell as to Negro Appointments, Hoke Smith Backed Down" The Atlanta Constitution. 10 July 1906.
Newspaper article "Hoke Smith on Disfranchisement" The Atlanta Journal. 10 July 1906.
Headline "How Howell Called Hoke Smith's Bluff on Negro Circular" The Atlanta Constitution. 10 July 1906.
Newspaper article "Mr. Howell's Negrophile Allies" The Atlanta Journal. 10 July 1906.
Newspaper article "How Hoke Smith Treated Widow of Gallant Confederate Soldier" The Atlanta Constitution. 14 July 1906.
Newspaper article "Hoke Smith, His Cry for 'Disfranchisement', and his Consistency" The Atlanta Constitution. 15 July 1906.
Political Cartoon "No Wonder He Stops to Think" The Atlanta Constitution. 15 July 1906.
Newspaper staff box Editorial Page Information. The Atlanta Constitution. 15 July 1906.
Headline "Hoke Smith in Camden; Speaks of Disfranchisement" The Atlanta Journal. 17 July 1906.
Political Cartoon "A Game That Won't Work" The Atlanta Journal. 22 July 1906.
Political Cartoon "For Georgia Democrats" The Atlanta Constitution. 22 July 1906.
Headline "Negro Brute is Lodged in Tower" The Atlanta Journal. 22 July 1906.
Newspaper article "Democracy's Enemies on the Run" The Atlanta Constitution. 23 July 1906.
Headline "Black Fiend Surrounded by Posse" The Atlanta Journal. 2 August 1906.
Headline "Deputy Saves Negro From Mob" The Atlanta Journal. 3 August 1906.
Headline "'Disfranchisement' Ripped By Brantley and Shown as Fraud" The Atlanta Constitution. 6 August 1906.
Newspaper article "The Anglo Saxon's Birth-Right" The Atlanta Journal. 7 August 1906.
Headline "Negro Tries to Kill Coyne" The Atlanta Journal. 9 August 1906.
Newspaper article "Disfranchisement and Education" The Atlanta Constitution. 13 August 1906.
Newspaper article "80,000 White Men are Disfranchised Under Virginia Law" The Atlanta Constitution. 14 August 1906.
Headlines "Negro Soldiers Shoot Into Town", "Woman Aided Bank President", "Assaults Girl With Meat Knife", "Family Haunted by 'Black Hand.'" The Atlanta Constitution. 15 August 1906.
Headline "Negro Insults Lady; Riot Follows On Car" The Atlanta Constitution. 18 August 1906.
Headline "Mrs. Hampton Says Howell Promised Her a Life Position When She Wrote Famous Letter Attacking Hoke Smith" The Atlanta Journal. 19 August 1906.
Political Cartoon "The Lay of the Dying Minstrels" The Atlanta Journal. 19 August 1906.
Newspaper article "The Free White Men of Georgia Are Fit to Rule Themselves: and Will Prove it at the Polls Wednesday" The Atlanta Journal. 20 August 1906.
Headline "Two Young Ladies Attacked by Brute; The Elder May Die" The Atlanta Journal. 20 August 1906.
Newspaper article "We Must Protect Our Women" The Atlanta Journal. 20 August 1906.
Newspaper article "The Fight is Won!'--Chairman Anderson" The Atlanta Journal. 21 August 1906.
Newspaper article "The Reign of Terror for Southern Women" The Atlanta Georgian. 21 August 1906.
Headline "2 to 1 on Clark Howell in Dougherty" The Atlanta Constitution. 22 August 1906.
Headline "Hoke Smith Procured 'Neighborhood Trash' to Use Against Watson" The Atlanta Constitution. 22 August 1906.
Newspaper article "Son of Mrs. G.R. Niles Brands Telegram Absolutely Untrue" The Atlanta Constitution. 22 August 1906.
Newspaper article "The Way to Save Our Women" The Atlanta Georgian. 22 August 1906.
Headline "Victor is Mr. Howell Shout Voters Down in Bibb" The Atlanta Constitution. 22 August 1906.
Newspaper article "Facts of Last Night's Reign of Terror" The Atlanta Constitution. 23 September 1906.
Headline "Hoke Smith Carries 119 Counties in Georgia; Will Be Nominated by Acclamation in Macon" The Atlanta Journal. 23 August 1906.
Headline "Hoke Smith Landslide Whelms Georgia and Gives Him the Gubernatorial Prize" The Atlanta Constitution. 23 August 1906.
Newspaper article "The Election in Georgia" The Independent. 23 August 1906.
Headlines "Another Girl Assaulted; Local Militia Company Guarding Decatur Jail" The Atlanta Constitution. 25 August 1906.
Headline "Militia Guard Negro Suspect From Violence" The Atlanta Constitution. 21 September 1906.
Newspaper article "Protect Our Women At Any Cost" The Atlanta Journal. 25 August 1906.
Newspaper article "Action Should Follow Agitation" The Atlanta Georgian. 27 August 1906.
Headline "For Protection of White Women" The Atlanta Constitution. 27 August 1906.
Headline "Miss Waites Identifies Negro" The Atlanta Journal. 27 August 1906.
Newspaper article "The Situation Appeals to St. Railways" The Atlanta Georgian. 27 August 1906.
Headline "Ku Klux to be Revived Again" The Atlanta Journal. 28 August 1906.
Newspaper article "A Heart to Heart Talk With Our White Neighbors" Atlanta Independent. 1 September 1906.
Newspaper article "A Negro Editor's Comment" Atlanta Independent. 1 September 1906.
Newspaper article "Crimes Must Stop Declares J. J. Slade" The Atlanta Journal. 1 September 1906.
Headline "Pushed Lady From Steps of Car" The Atlanta Journal. 1 September 1906.
Newspaper article "What We Have Accomplished for Our Women" The Atlanta Georgian. 15 September 1906.
Newspaper article "Mrs. J. A. Kimble is Brutally Attacked by a Black Fiend" The Atlanta Journal. 20 September 1906.
Headline "Half Clad Negro Tries to Break Into House; Bound Over by the Recorder" The Atlanta Journal. 21 September 1906.
Newspaper article "22 Negro Restaurants Are Refused Licenses" The Atlanta Journal. 22 September 1906.
Newspaper article "Drive Out the Negro Dives" The Atlanta Journal. 22 September 1906.
Headline "Father Begged to Settle Case With Negro" The Atlanta Constitution. 22 September 1906.
Newspaper article "Let Us Be Practical" Atlanta Independent. 22 September 1906.
Headline "Negro Kissed Young Girl on Hand" The Atlanta Journal. 22 September 1906.
Headline "Negro Publicly Whipped for Assault on Women by a Delaware Jailer" The Atlanta Journal. 22 September 1906.
Headline "Atlanta is Swept by Raging Mob Due to Assaults on White Women; 16 Negroes Reported to be Dead" The Atlanta Constitution. 23 September 1906.
Newspaper article "Atlanta Mobs Kill Ten Negroes" The New York Times. 23 September 1906.
Newspaper article "Chased Negroes All Night" The Atlanta Constitution. 23 September 1906.
Newspaper article "Fierce Fight On Street Car" The Atlanta Constitution. 23 September 1906.
Newspaper article "Two Riot Calls Were Rung for First Time in Atlanta" The Atlanta Constitution. 23 September 1906.
Newspaper article "Atlanta Views on Riots" The New York Times. 24 September 1906.
Newspaper article "For Information of the Outside World" The Atlanta Georgian. 24 September 1906.
Newspaper article "In Justice to Itself---" The Atlanta Georgian. 24 September 1906.
Newspaper article "Memphis Woman Assailed" The New York Times. 24 September 1906.
Newspaper article "Rioting Goes On, Despite Troops" The New York Times. 24 September 1906.
Newspaper article "South Fears Explosion" The New York Times. 24 September 1906.
Newspaper article "Will Be Riots Here--Dixon" The New York Times. 24 September 1906.
Newspaper article "Negro Outrages in the South" The Wisconsin Weekly Advocate. 25 September 1906.
Newspaper article "At the Last Analysis is Law, Order and Justice" The Atlanta Constitution. 26 September 1906.
Newspaper article "Press Comment on Atlanta's Outbreak" The Atlanta Constitution. 26 September 1906.
Newspaper article "Race Riots and Murders in Atlanta" The Independent. 27 September 1906.
Newspaper article "The Wind and the Whirlwind" The Independent. 27 September 1906.
Newspaper article "Among Our Enemies We Are in the Midst of Our Friends and they Predominate" Atlanta Independent. 29 September 1906.
Newspaper article "And This From Virginia" The Atlanta Georgian. 29 September 1906.
Newspaper article "Law Abiding Citizens Denounce Rule of Mob" Atlanta Independent. 29 September 1906.
Newspaper article "Saturday Evening" The Atlanta Georgian. 29 September 1906.
Newspaper article "The Men who Made and Make Atlanta Speak--All is Peace and Business is Resumed" Atlanta Independent. 29 September 1906.
Editorials Editorials Atlanta Independent. 29 September 1906.
Letters to the Editor Avary, Myrta "The Georgian Strikes the Right Chord" The Atlanta Georgian. 29 September 1906.
Letters to the Editor Eady, T.J. "Atlanta and Other Cities" The Atlanta Georgian. 29 September 1906.
Letters to the Editor Smith, N.K. "From The Perspective of Our Neighbors" The Atlanta Georgian. 29 September 1906.
Newspaper article "Shall the Press Be Free?" The Voice of the Negro. October 1906.
Newspaper article "Prof. B.T. Washington on the Atlanta Riots" The Wisconsin Weekly Advocate. 4 October 1906.
Newspaper article "The Atlanta Massacre" The Independent. 4 October 1906.
Newspaper article "Mob Violence, Rape--Their Baneful Consequences" Atlanta Independent. 6 October 1906.
Newspaper article "Senator Tillman's Prophecy" The Independent. 11 October 1906.
Newspaper article Dubois, W.E.B. "A Litany of Atlanta" The Voice of the Negro. 11 October 1906.
Newspaper article "The Problem Solver Much in Evidence" Atlanta Independent. 13 October 1906.
Newspaper article "A Few of the Thousand Letters from Our Friends" The Voice. November 1906.
Newspaper article Barber, J. Max "The Atlanta Tragedy" The Voice. November 1906.
Newspaper article Barber, J. Max "Why Mr. Barber Left Atlanta" The Voice. November 1906.
Newspaper article Pickens, William. "Jesse Max Barber" The Voice. November 1906.

The Race Riot of 1906 Historical Documents

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