The Chicago race riot of 1919 was a violent racial conflict between white Americans and black Americans that began on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, on July 27 and ended on August …

Although Black leaders became increasingly militant in their attacks against slavery and other forms of racial oppression, their efforts to secure equal rights received a major setback in …

African-American soldiers, in particular, came home from the war expecting to enjoy the full rights of citizenship that they had fought to defend overseas. In the spring and summer of 1919, …

Jul 26, 2019 · This Saturday marks one hundred years since the Chicago Race Riot that began on July 27 and ended on August 3, 1919. In this photo essay, CHM assistant curator Julius L. …

The riot in Chicago, which lasted for four days, left thirty-eight people dead and hundreds injured and/or homeless. Racial tensions had been building throughout World War I as southern …

The resulting twelve-person Chicago Commission on Race Relations was made up of prominent Black and white Chicagoans and represented an extraordinary effort at interracial …

Dec 2, 2009 · 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 …

But you probably wouldn’t hear about the death of Eugene Williams, the African American teenager stoned and drowned by a white man for floating his raft over an invisible line into a …

Jul 26, 2024 · This article delves into the causes, events, and aftermath of the Chicago Race Riot, highlighting its importance in understanding the complexities of race relations in America.

In Chicago, on Sunday, July 27, 1919, white bathers attacked several black youths swimming near a white beach on Lake Michigan. The drowning of an African American boy ignited five …