What the records say
- When
- 15 Jun 1943
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 30.09° N, 94.10° W
- Description
- 1943 period of racial violence in Beaumont, Texas, United States
Placed at the town its description names, Beaumont.
Beaumont race riot of 1943
1943 period of racial violence in Beaumont, Texas, United States
The 1943 race riot in Beaumont, Texas was an anti-Black terrorist event that erupted on June 15, 1943 and ended two days later. It was related to wartime tensions in the overcrowded city, which had been flooded by workers from across the South.
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