Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.

1906 Atlanta race massacre

Massacre of African Americans in Georgia

Violent attacks by armed mobs of white Americans against African Americans in Atlanta, Georgia, began after newspapers, on the evening of September 22, 1906, published several unsubstantiated and luridly detailed reports of the alleged rapes of four white local women by black…