Upcoming Events

September Events

Centennial Remembrance Weekend Events

“When Blacks Succeed: The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot” --a documentary by Norman Harris

Creative Flyer: “When Blacks Succeed: The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot”--by Ayana Harris

Additional September Events

August 2006 Upcoming Events

August 9th at 515 Auburn Avenue: The Public Education Committee of the Coalition to Remember the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot will be meeting from 9 to 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, August 9th at 515 Auburn Avenue.

Friday August 11th: The next coalition steering committee meeting is scheduled from 8 to 10 a.m., Friday August 11th. Note change in venue! This month we'll be meeting at Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church at 407 Auburn Ave NW (that is, the _old_ Ebenezer. . not the new sanctuary). Please have any info and reports you would like copied for distribution to me by noon, Thursday Aug 10th.)

Monday, August 14th: The next Centennial Remembrance Planning meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., Monday, August 14th, in the community room of Javaology coffee shop, 466 Edgewood Avenuay, e, at the corner of Edgewood and Boulevard. We are asking participants to purchase your dinner from Javaology, which, in addition to generously providing us this space, offers an array of sandwiches, salads, beverages, and desserts. (See http://www.javaologyatl.com/assets/menu.htm). You can either preorder from Javaology, or a Javaology staff member will take your order during the meeting. In addition to parking in the alley behind Javaology off of Boulevard, there are well-lit parking spaces adjacent to Cafe 458 on Edgewood Avenue.

August 19 – September 30, 2006: WHAT COLOR THE DAWN: BREAKING THE SILENCE ON THE 1906 ATLANTA RACE RIOT August 19 – September 30, 2006 VISUAL ARTISTS RESPOND: John Abner, Tony Bingham, Hermina Glass-Avery, Michael Harris, Theodore Harris, Daniel Hoover, Chea Prince, Karen Tauches A listening station of oral histories by first- and second-generation witnesses will also be installed. CURATED BY KEVIN SIPP WITH LOUISE E. SHAW OPENING RECEPTION: Sat August 19, 2006 7 – 11 pm Hours: 12- 5pm, Wed – Sat CLICK HERE FOR INVITATION

Tuesday, August 29th: “Rage in the Gate City” by Rebecca Burns

The Aiken Lecture Series, funded by a bequest from the estate of Atlantan Lucy Rucker Aiken, seeks to illuminate aspects of African American life in Atlanta and the Southeast before 1946.

From Atlanta Magazine editor-in-chief Rebecca Burns comes “Rage in the Gate City,” a powerful account of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot. Triggered by sensational newspaper accounts accusing black men of sexually assaulting white women, Atlanta's simmering racial tension exploded.

Over four days of rioting, mobs of violent whites killed at least 10 blacks, looted black-owned businesses, and ransacked homes and neighborhoods. In the days immediately following, black and white leaders came together in an unprecedented move, setting the stage for Atlanta's emergence as the "city too busy to hate" decades later.

July 2006 Upcoming Events

Sunday, July 9th, 1:00 p.m. Walking Tour: Please join us for the regularly scheduled walking tour of sites related to the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot.
The tour lasts approximately 1 hour and leaves from the gazebo at
Woodruff Park at Five Points (downtown Atlanta). The tour will be
conducted by Professor Jelani Cobb of Spelman College.

A post-tour discussion will be held at the Georgia Pacific Auditorium at
approximately 2:15.

Tuesday, July 18th 6 to 9 p.m. Centennial Remembrance Planning Meeting (Coalition to Remember the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot). Meeting Location: Clairmont Crest Apartments | 1861 Clairmont Road | Decatur, GA 30033

Radio Show: Thursday, July 20th at 7:20 a.m. to 89.3 FM WRFG's Good Morning Blues. Cliff Kuhn will join host Phil Graitcer to talk about the Coalition to Remember the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot and events surrounding the 100th anniversary.

Sept. 3, 2006-Jan. 27, 2007: The Dalton Gallery of Agnes Scott College: FENCE by LISA TUTTLE: A Public Work of Art in Honor of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot

June 2006 Upcoming Events

June 11 Walking Tour: 1:00 - 2:00 PM | 11 June 2006 Free walking tours focusing on the 1906 Atlanta race riots will be held on the second Sunday of each month .

Location: Meet at the gazebo in Woodruff Park at Five Points, downtown Atlanta. Approximate tour length: one hour.

Panel Discussion: 1906 Atlanta Race Riot April 30, 2006

April 2006 Upcoming Events

Location: Meet at the gazebo in Woodruff Park at Five Points, downtown Atlanta. Approximate tour length: one hour.

Where: Clairmont Crest Apartments | Activities Room, Basement Level | 1861 Clairmont Road | Decatur, GA 30033

Time and Date: 4:00 - 6:00 pm; Sunday, April 30, 2006

Discussion Coordinator: Dr. June Dobbs Butts

Main Speaker: Dr. Harvey Newman, Chair of the Department of Public Administration & Urban Studies, GA State University

Respondents: Jim Auchmutey, of the Atlanta Journal Constitution | Ms. Christine King Farris, sister of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.| Ms. Rose Martin Palmer, niece of Walter White, the Secretary of the NAACP for many years, who declared that the 1906 race riots set the focus for his life.

Location: Meet at the gazebo in Woodruff Park at Five Points, downtown Atlanta. Approximate tour length: one hour.

April Walking Tour: 1:00 - 2:00 PM | 9 April 2006 Free walking tours focusing on the 1906 Atlanta race riots will be held on the second Sunday of each month .

Location: Meet at the gazebo in Woodruff Park at Five Points, downtown Atlanta. Approximate tour length: one hour.

Centennial Perspectives Panel Discussion

WHAT: "Centennial Perspectives on the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot: A Panel Discussion”

WHEN: Saturday, April 8th | 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

WHERE: Clayton State University (Room 325)

Visit the Georgia Association of Historians for more information

March 2006 Upcoming Events

March Walking Tour | 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Free walking tours focusing on the 1906 Atlanta race riots will be held on the second Sunday of each month.
Location: Meet at the gazebo in Woodruff Park at Five Points, downtown Atlanta. Approximate tour length: one hour.

Winter Institute Co-Hosts Regional Conference on Racial Violence & Reconciliation March 17-19

Dr. Gregory Mixon to Lecture at the Georgia Archives

Call for Proposals on 1906 Atlanta Race Riot for Possible Presentation at the Association for the Study of African American Life and History Conference

Call to Atlanta’s Creative Community

February 2006 Events

Call to Arts: February 23, 2006 6-8 p.m. at Javaology on Edgewood Ave.

WALKING TOURS: Because of the success of the January walking tour, in which over 100 people took part, the Coalition's Public Education committee has decided to sponsor a walking tour of downtown Riot-related sites at 1:00 on the second Sunday of every month. The next tour will take place at 1:00, Sunday, February 12th, and will last approximately one hour. The tour will gather at Five Points, by the gazebo in Woodruff Park. For more information, contact Cliff Kuhn at publiceducation@1906atlantarace riot.org or 404-463-9204.

January 2006 Activity Archive