Links
Civic Groups
Coalition to Remember the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906
Educators, historians, clergy, artists, non-profits, and others collaborating on a Centennial Remembrance of the riot and ongoing cooperative efforts.www.1906atlantaraceriot.org
1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission
Group studying the events in Wilmington — white rioters toppled African-American political power and destroyed a black-owned newspaper. In 2006, the Commission issued a report recommending reparations to descendants of residents whose lives and livelihoods were destroyed by the riot.http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/1898-wrrc/
More on the riot, Atlanta, and Atlanta history
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Entry on the Atlanta riothttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3033
First Congregational Church, Atlanta
More on the historic African-American church whose pastor, Henry Hugh Proctor, played a pivotal role in the riot’s aftermath.http://www.1stchurchatlanta.com/