What the records say
- When
- 1946
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 41.78° N, 87.72° W
- Description
- series of race riots in Chicago, United States
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Airport Homes race riots
Series of race riots in Chicago, Illinois, US
The Airport Homes race riots were a series of riots in December 1946 in the West Lawn and West Elsdon neighborhoods of Chicago, Illinois. It was the worst episode of racial inspired violence that the city faced in some thirty years.
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- Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Airport Homes race riots in Chicago”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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