Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joined dozens of Atlanta residents for an event commemorating the 115th anniversary of a racially motivated massacre. | Facebook/City of Atlanta
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joined dozens of Atlanta residents for an event commemorating the 115th anniversary of a racially motivated massacre. | Facebook/City of Atlanta
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joined dozens of Atlanta residents during an event marking the 115th anniversary of a racially motivated massacre, according to a Fox 5 report.
"Our history is something that needs to be remembered. It’s something that needs to be carried in our hearts. Unless we’ll repeat it.’’ Bottoms said during the event, Fox 5 reported.
On Sept. 22, 1906, white mobs began rioting through Atlanta's downtown streets, resulting in the deaths of at least 25 African-Americans and two white residents over the course of three days in an incident called the Atlanta Race Riots, according to Georgia Humanities.
Dr. Dr. Rachanice Candy Tate and members of the Fulton Remembrance Coalition arranged the event, which took place at the Russell Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
"There were whites who attacked, Black bodies, Black property, we want to remember those so we don't forget," Tate said, according to Fox 5.
The event featured a panel of historians and a preview of a play based on the massacre, while also honoring Atlanta's progress toward becoming one of the most diverse and thriving cities in America, Fox 5 said.
Numerous organizers of the event also marched through the Sweet Auburn area, where much of the violence occurred 115 years ago, Fox 5 reported.
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