This sobering book offers an excellent analysis of American race relations.—History



A timely publication. . . . A page-turner which must be applauded for its readability and thorough documentation. It should find a ready audience not only in academe but also among readers in the general public.—Florida Historical Quarterly



If the contours of Godshalk's narrative are familiar, his treatment is never facile. . . . Provides a complex and nuanced account of inter-class tension in the black community. . . . Noteworthy for its effort to factor themes of class and gender into a book so outwardly concerned with issues of race.—Journal of Social History



Veiled Visions is superbly researched, skillfully organized, and vividly written. Godshalk manages to create a sense of momentum as context and analysis are seamlessly woven into a dramatic story of the growing tensions and the reckless incitements that ultimately led to the riot itself. His account of the background and aftermath of the riot gives us a wonderful portrait of the changing landscape of race, class, gender, and economic relationships in the urbanizing South of the early twentieth century.—Dan T. Carter, University of South Carolina



[This] pioneering study of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot is a brilliant exposition of the creation of Atlanta's myth of racial progressivism. . . . May be the best monograph ever written on the aftermath of a major race riot in a U.S. city. . . . Deserves the broadest possible audience . . . will critically inform debates in the histories of segregation, urban public policy, and poverty studies.—American Historical Review



Well-written and meticulously researched . . . persuasive.—Register of Kentucky Historical Society



Veiled Visions offers a fresh take on the Atlanta riot, and as such is a welcome addition to the scholarship on the riot specifically, and racial violence generally.—NC Historical Review



Veiled Visions offers important insights into race relations and the emergence of an urban social landscape in the South and the nation.—Historian



Godshalk has given us an impeccably researched and extremely well-written book on the tragic 1906 Atlanta Race Riot. In reaching far beyond this topic and placing it in a historical context, he has strikingly illuminated the reshaping of American race relations throughout much of the twentieth century.—Georgia Historical Quarterly



Godshalk's narrative is theoretically sophisticated, eminently readable, and grounded in a broad base of sources and will stand as an important addition to histories of race relations in Atlanta and the South as a whole.—Journal of Southern History