Alayna Urquhart

At this point, like, this is not happening.

And it's like, you don't fucking want to at that point.

How can you ever trust that this would never happen again?

Right.

And some left the city bound for safer locations at this point around the U.S.

And others just retreated into those enclaves that they had already built a community in.

Yeah, like safe havens.

Yeah.

So the shocking displays of racism, cruelty and violence of the 1906 massacre left the majority of black Atlantans in a constant state of hypervigilance at this point.

They were fearful for their safety, safety for their friends, their neighbors, their families.

But it also affirmed the feeling that a lot had about what was going on here, that there was two separate Atlantis here.

And this literal and figurative segregation would become a pretty critical piece of the Atlanta Ripper murders and the New South as it moved into the 21st century.

In the late 19th century, as Americans were struggling with this like post-war, just like racial tensions and violence and just like uncertainty and resentment and shittiness.

Yeah.

Things weren't solved.

No, they weren't solved.

They weren't solid.

They weren't feeling good.

News of a vicious killer in London was now making its way to the States.

Jack?