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1919 Chicago Race Riots
Note: I found some links at Capitolfax,com that I wanted to share about the 1919 Chicago race riots. I haven't read the material, but I thought the information might be interesting for other DUers.* Blood in the Streets: A hundred years ago, Chicago experienced the worst spasm of racial violence in the city’s history. Here’s how the riot unfolded, in the words of those who lived it.
* It’s Been 100 Years: Is Chicago Finally Ready To Reckon With the City’s 1919 Race Riots?: Not talking about the 1919 race riots has been the Chicago Way for 100 years, but ignoring one of the ugliest periods in the city’s history is hampering its present and future.
* Editorial: Chicago’s race riots of 1919 and the epilogue that resonates today
* Segregation among issues Chicago faces 100 years after riots
* Before Chicago erupted into race riots in 1919, Carl Sandburg reported on the fissures
* Mapping Chicago’s 1919 race riots
* Chicago Organizations Commemorate 100th Anniversary of Race Riots
* Chicago’s Red Summer
* 1919 Race Riots bike tour travels 100 years back to city’s most violent week
The source for this excerpt is https://capitolfax.com/2019/07/26/unclear-on-the-concept-114/ ..