What the records say
- When
- 12 Jul 1951
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 39.83° N, 98.58° W
- Description
- Violent attack by racist, white mob on black family
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Cicero race riot of 1951
Race riot in Cicero, Illinois
The Cicero race riot of 1951 occurred July 11–12, when a mob of 4,000 whites attacked an apartment building that housed a single black family in a neighborhood in Cicero, Illinois.
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