The 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre, also known as the Atlanta Race Riot, involved various individuals and groups who were both involved in instigating and affected by the event. The primary parties involved were white mobs and African American residents of Atlanta. The white mobs, consisting of white supremacists, members of the Ku Klux Klan, and other racial hate groups, were the main instigators of the violence. They targeted and attacked the African American community, incited by false allegations of African American men assaulting white women. African American residents, on the other hand, were directly affected by the violence and faced brutal assaults, murders, and destruction of their homes and businesses. The city government, law enforcement, and prominent white citizens also played a role, as their failure to protect the African American community and promote racial harmony contributed to the exacerbation of the violence.
