1919

1919 Red Summer Anti-Black Riots

Multiple cities including Chicago, Washington D.C., and Elaine, Arkansas, US

1919 Red Summer Anti-Black Riots

1919 Red Summer Anti-Black Riots

The summer of 1919, known as Red Summer, saw over 30 anti-Black riots erupt in at least 26 cities across the United States following World War I[5]. In Chicago, 38 people died and 1,000 were homeless; in Elaine, Arkansas, as many as 300 Black residents were murdered in …

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