The 1906 Atlanta Race Riots And The Leo Frank Case

Baurelien, Mixon, and MacLean all thrive to present a straightforward explanation of how racial tensions led to the events discussed in their articles, and the impact in they presented in everyday southern society. All of these articles actively describe the effects of racism, but also present a deeper understanding to the underlying causes of what led to the horrid events, that directly contributes to the drastic changes, yet similar events still present in modern-day Atlanta.

The evidence presented in each article all focus on one main topic, race dictating the restriction and treatment of blacks. All events noted occurred throughout the early 20th century in Atlanta, and the causes directly correlate to an underlying cause of each event. The 1906 Atlanta Race Riots and The Leo Frank Case was consequence, partially due to racial heterogeneity and traditional beliefs of white supremacy in the South coexisting within a rapidly evolving metropolis whose population was becoming a mixture of both whites, African Americans, and other races.

Tradition of the white man being superior was seemingly becoming obsolete, as more African Americans and others became their counterparts, business owners, industry workers and manufacturers, alike, began to exhibit equivalence. The older white community, in

African Americans of high-ranking were seen as those whom lived in middle-class areas, and shared similar job titles as their white counterparts, while low-ranking African Americans were those whom lived in low-income neighborhoods, which were particularly seen as crime-infested and illiterate. Thus, the divide of African Americans began, higher-income blacks did not wish to displease their white counterparts, therefore kept silent about the inequalities and discrimination against the lower-income, hoping in return to maintain acceptance amongst