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(RACE RIOTS.) BARBER, J. MAX.
The Atlanta Tragedy
[in] The Voice of
the Negro, Volume III, Number VI. 56
pages. Illustrated throughout. Tall 4to, origi-
nal pictorial wrappers; light wear; small
archival paper repair to the edge of the
front cover [
TOGETHER WITH
] a photo-fac-
simile of the Annual Report of the Chief of
Police of Atlanta for the Year ending
December 31st 1906.
Chicago: Voice Publishing Co.,
November, 1906
[800/1,200]
RARE
,
ESSENTIALLY VOLUME ONE
,
NUMBER
ONE OF THE
“
NEW
”
VOICE
,
AS IT BEGAN
PUBLISHING OUT OF CHICAGO
(see Danky
6203). In February of 1906, 500 ministers,
educators and newspapermen gathered in Macon
for the Georgia Equal Rights Convention. In the
fall, white politicians, including soon-to-be
Governor Hoke Smith warn that black voters
will soon outnumber whites. More speeches fol-
low, full of race-baiting, ginning up white
paranoia. Then, not surprisingly; a white farmer’s
wife accuses an unidentified black man of rape, and the violence begins. September 22, an angry mob
attacks a black-owned restaurant in the central business district, beating the owner and her daughter, and
burning the restaurant to the ground. The mob soon swells to near 10,000. Four days later, the black
community is devastated; scores are dead. Blacks that armed themselves to defend their families and
homes are overrun. In the aftermath, Max Barber, editor of the Voice was forced to leave the city after
accusing several white men of donning “black-face” and assaulting white women in order to incite the
mob. In a seven-page article, Barber discusses the riot, its causes and his reasons for leaving Atlanta.
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MILLER, KELLY.
An Appeal to
Reason.
24 pages. 8vo, original printed
gray wrappers, title within ornamental
border; spine started but firm; rear cover
with long, vertical archival tape repair.
Washington, D.C., 1906
[250/350]
First edition, second printing of ten thousand
copies. Despite the number printed, this is a
scarce pamphlet. Miller’s appeal is in behalf of
reason and a peaceful solution to the causes of
the Atlanta massacre of September.
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