Chicago Race Riot of 1919

When

3 Aug 1919

Kind

Riot

Coordinates

41.85° N, 87.65° W

Description

August 1919 racial tensions in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Placed at the town its description names, Chicago.

August 1919 racial tensions in Chicago, Illinois, US

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 3, 1919. During the riot, 38 people died.

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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 “The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 begins when a white man throws stones at a group of four black teens on a raft”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En la ciudad de Chicago (Estados Unidos) ―en el marco del apartheid que durará hasta 1968 en ese país―, comienzan los disturbios raciales de Chicago”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page