Le Petit Journal 1906 Cover: The Atlanta Lynching Illustration #3594429 (License: Personal Use)

This chromolithograph front page of *Le Petit Journal*’s illustrated supplement, dated Sunday, October 7, 1906, vividly portrays the violent 1906 Atlanta race massacre and lynchings, where white mobs murdered at least 25 Black citizens over false accusations. The image shows armed rioters attacking Black men amid chaos-broken barrels, fallen bodies, and a burning building-emphasizing the brutality and lawlessness of the event. Created by artist Ed Jackson, it served as both sensationalist journalism and a rare international visual testimony to American racial terror.

Used in historical exhibitions, academic articles, and digital archives on Jim Crow-era racial violence, this image helps educate users about transnational awareness of U.S. lynching and the role of illustrated press in shaping global perceptions of American racism.