Chicago race riot of 1919 - Wikipedia
In early 1919, the sociopolitical atmosphere of Chicago around its rapidly growing black community was one of ethnic tension caused by long-standing racism, competition among new groups, an economic slump, and the social changes engendered by World War I.
The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 ‑ Cause, Definition, Red Summer - HISTORY
2009年12月2日 · On July 27, 1919, an African American teenager drowned in Lake Michigan after violating the unofficial segregation of Chicago’s beaches and being stoned by a group of white youths.
Chicago Race Riot of 1919 | Summary, History, & Facts | Britannica
Chicago Race Riot of 1919, the most severe of approximately 25 race riots throughout the U.S. in the “Red Summer” (meaning “bloody”) following World War I; a manifestation of racial frictions intensified by large-scale African American migration to the North, industrial labor competition, overcrowding in poor urban neighborhoods, and ...
The Red Summer of 1919 - Chicago History Museum
On Sunday, July 27, 1919, thousands of Chicagoans sought relief from the brutal heat on the shores of Lake Michigan. Among them was Eugene Williams, a seventeen-year-old African American.
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Mapping the 1919 Chicago Riot. From July 27th to August 3rd, 1919, thousands of black and white Chicagoans fought each other in the streets, resulting in 38 deaths (23 African American and 15 white) and over 500 injuries (two-thirds of them African American).
Chicago Race Riot, 1919 - Blackpast
2008年6月30日 · On July 27, 1919 when large crowds of white and black patrons went to the Lake Michigan beach in Chicago, Illinois to seek relief from the 96 degree heat, an angry dispute erupted over the stoning of Eugene Williams, a young African American swimmer who inadvertently crossed a segregated boundary into the “white” swimming area.
The History - Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project
On Sunday, July 27, 1919, an unusually hot summer day, Black seventeen-year-old Eugene Williams and four of his friends took a homemade wooden raft out into Lake Michigan on the South Side. They pushed off from 26th Street beach, the only beach in the city reserved for Black beachgoers and swimmers.
Chicago 1919 Race Riot - DuSable Black History Museum and …
Troubled Waters: Chicago 1919 Race Riot focuses on the historical moment that led to the murder of Eugene Williams on July 27, 1919 and the eight-day aftermath that altered the city forever. The 1919 Race Riot in Chicago did not occur in a vacuum.
1919: The Race Riot | Homicide in Chicago 1870-1930
The Race Riot in Chicago in the summer of 1919 left 38 dead, including twenty three black men and boys; and 537 injured, of whom 342 were black, and hundreds homeless. Race riots in other Midwestern and northern cities took place about the same time, as social tensions were aggravated by economic and labor problems after the World War I armistice.
The History - Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project
We invite you to read on to learn more about the Chicago Race Riot of 1919, its aftermath, its legacies, and importantly, why this history and its memory matter today.
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