This exploration of a disturbing incidient in Atlanta, Georgia's history, presents facts and personal accounts of a riot in 1906. While the information is fascinating, and the anecdotes of white on black violence compelling, the narrative structure is somewhat flawed.

The overall material is good, but needs some rearrangement.

Strange Fruit, the Abel Meeropol poem, made famous in song by Billie Holiday is featured at the end of the piece, in an apparent effort to underline the violence perpetrated upon black Atlantans. Strangely enough, the song wasn't wriitten until 32 years after the 1906 incident, a major oversight.