Hoke Smith

Linked to Atlanta Race Massacre of 1906

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Hoke Smith provoked rising racial tensions in the state by running on a platform of Black disenfranchisement during the gubernatorial campaign of 1906. The atmosphere of racial unrest resulted in the eruption of the Atlanta race riot in September 1906.

Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Hoke Smith

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