Which outcome followed the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot?

• A. Expansion of Black suffrage.
• B. Strengthening of black political power statewide.
• C. Immediate federal protections for civil rights.
• D. It contributed to statewide prohibition and Black suffrage restrictions by 1908.

Answer: (D)

The event shows how racial violence can fuel reforms that repress Black political power at the state level. After the riot, white leaders used the incident to push through changes that limited Black voting and political participation, culminating in Georgia’s 1908 constitutional changes that disenfranchised Black voters. At the same time, reform efforts of that era also included statewide prohibition. Federal civil rights protections did not materialize in the immediate aftermath. So the outcome that fits is that it contributed to statewide prohibition and Black suffrage restrictions by 1908.