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- Rage in the Gate City: The Story of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: University of Georgia Press
summary
During the hot summer of 1906, anger simmered in Atlanta, a city that outwardly savored its reputation as the Gate City of the New South, a place where the races lived peacefully, if apart, and everyone focused more on prosperity than prejudice. But racial hatred came to the forefront during a heated political campaign, and the city's newspapers fanned its flames with sensational reports alleging assaults on white women by black men. The rage erupted in late September, and, during one of the most brutal race riots in the history of America, roving groups of whites attacked and killed at least twenty-five blacks. After four days of violence, black and white civic leaders came together in unprecedented meetings that can be viewed either as concerted public relations efforts to downplay the events or as setting the stage for Atlanta's civil rights leadership half a century later.
Rage in the Gate City focuses on the events of August and September 1906, offering readers a tightly woven narrative account of those eventful days. Fast-paced and vividly detailed, it brings history to life. As June Dobbs Butts writes in her foreword, "For too long, this chapter of Atlanta's history was covered up, or was explained away. . . . Rebecca Burns casts the bright light of truth upon those events."
Table of Contents
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- Cover, Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Notes on Language and Sources
- pp. xi-xii
- Introduction: Atlanta, 1906
- pp. 1-8
- 1. A Lynching in Lakewood
- pp. 9-14
- 2. Politics of Fear
- pp. 15-22
- 3. The Gate City
- pp. 23-40
- 4. The Truck Farmer’s Wife
- pp. 41-44
- 5. Harpers Ferry
- pp. 45-55
- 6. Incident at Copenhill
- pp. 56-62
- 7. Pastor Proctor’s Sermon
- pp. 63-73
- 8. Two Meetings and One Party
- pp. 74-82
- 9. Low Dives and Blind Tigers
- pp. 83-89
- 10. Celebration
- pp. 90-100
- 11. A Visit from William Jennings Bryan
- pp. 101-105
- 12. Orrie Bryan’s Story
- pp. 106-110
- 13. “Extra! Extra!”
- pp. 111-117
- 15. Fighting Back
- pp. 131-138
- 16. Attack on Brownsville
- pp. 139-144
- 17. Negotiations
- pp. 145-152
- 18. What Happened to Max Barber
- pp. 153-158
- 19. On Trial
- pp. 159-165
- 20. Christmas Unease
- pp. 166-170
- Epilogue: Atlanta, 2006
- pp. 171-176
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 197-201
Additional Information
ISBN
9780820342917
Related ISBN(s)
9780820333076
MARC Record
OCLC
759160206
Pages
232
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No