You may find the following links useful as you explore this topic in more depth.
New Georgia Encyclopedia
NPR
Georgia State Archives
Georgia Public Broadcasting
Resources:
Atlanta race riot. (2010). Retrieved from http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories/docs/the_race_riot_of_1906-146
Georgia national guard correspondence regarding the atlanta race riot. (2010). Retrieved from http://cdm.sos.state.ga.us/u?/adhoc,11699
Kuhn, C. (2005, September 23). Atlanta race riot of 1906. Retrieved from http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3033
White, W. (1995). A man called white, the autobiography of walter white. Univ of Georgia Pr.