| Negrophobia: A Race Riot in Atlanta, 1906 Contributor(s): Bauerlein, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 1893554236 ISBN-13: 9781893554238 Publisher: Encounter Books OUR PRICE: $23.36 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2001 Annotation: The roots of the 1906 Atlanta race riot are traced here through archival documents, news stories and from works by writers Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Margaret Mitchell and future NAACP leader Walter White. Illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | United States - 20th Century - Social Science | Minority Studies |
| Dewey: 975.823 |
| LCCN: 2001018792 |
| Lexile Measure: 1370 |
| Physical Information: 1.27" H x 6.37" W x 9.34" (1.55 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Deep South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Georgia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At the beginning of the twentieth century, Atlanta was regarded as the gateway to the new, enlightened and racially progressive South. White business owners employed black workers and made their fortunes, while black leaders led congregations, edited periodicals, and taught classes. But in 1906, in a bitter gubernatorial contest, Georgia politicians played the race card and white supremacists trumpeted a Negro crime scare. Seizing on rumors of black predation against white women, they launched a campaign based on fears of miscegenation and white subservience. Atlanta slipped into a climate of racial phobia and sexual hysteria that culminated in a bloody riot, which stymied race relations for fifty years. Drawing on new archival materials, Mark Bauerlein traces the origins, development and brutal climax of Atlanta's descent into hatred and violence in the fateful summer of 1906. Negrophobia is history at its best--a dramatic moment in time impeccably recreated in a suspenseful narrative, focusing on figures such as Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. DuBois; author Margaret Mitchell and future NAACP leader Walter White; and an assortment of black victims and white politicians who witnessed and participated in this American tragedy. |