HAPPY FRIDAY P.O.U.! THE ATLANTA RACE RIOT OF 1906 Atlanta, Georgia The Atlanta race riot of 1906 was a racist pogrom in Atlanta, Georgia (United States), which began the evening of September 22 and lasted until September 24, 1906. It was characterized at the time by Le Petit Journal and other media outlets as a "racial massacre of negroes".[1] The death toll of the conflict … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Race Riots in America