Race Riots In Atlanta 1906

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A Race Riot in Atlanta, 1906 During the years of 1960s they are several cities in the United States experienced violent and racial riots occurred that shook the economic progress of the nation. As it has been linked to the social-economic conditions of African Americans that leads to violent protests for equal and justifiable economic status. Atlanta is like an emerging center in US had showed the signs of bright economic recovery after the world war II. This city had distinguished themselves against the big cities like New York and Chicago by symbolizing itself as industrialized city with urban center large populations for development of industrial units. The census data shows the negative effects on residential properties in the US that that ultimately affects the economic progress of the United States of America. However it had badly affected the black-owned properties the social economic status of African American populations during those times was very poor with higher unemployment rates among these groups often one of the causes of riots in 1960s and 1970s era. The rioters constantly targeted the black property values that results in creating long-lasting and potentially self-transmitting negative effects, as described by Massey and Denton (1993). The individual actions, institutional practices, and governmental policies are results in creating this middle and lower class citizen’s results in economic downturn. …show more content…

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