In 1906 in Atlanta white mobs inflamed by Atlanta newspapers attacked African Americans. The death tool estimates vary with at least 25 dead. It was a horrific race riot.
This is a C-Span talk by Professor Bauerlein about his book, "Negrophobia: A Race Riot in Atlanta, 1906."
https://www.c-span.org/video/?165421-1/negrophobia-race-riot-atlanta
There has been a play about the Atlanta Race Riots.
http://www.artsatl.com/review-innovative-four-days-fury-unearths-ugly-truths-atlanta-race-riots/
This is another article about six different riots.
http://atlantablackstar.com/2014/09/19/6-instances-when-whites-took-to-rioting-leading-to-death-despair-destruction/
The Confederate Veteran published an article in 1906 blaming the race riots on African Americans. Below is the link.
http://www.confederatepastpresent.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=167:qconfederate-veteranq-blames-atlanta-race-riots-on-persons-advocating-for-civil-rights-for-african-americans&catid=37:the-nadir-of-race-relations&back=yes
This website has documentation about how the Confederacy and neo-Confederacy is really about white supremacy.
This was the world of the Arlington Confederate Monument. A world where African Americans were ground under.