What the records say
- When
- 16 Aug 1947
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 39.83° N, 98.58° W
- Description
- Violent racial conflict
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Fernwood Park race riot
1947 racial conflict in Chicago, Illinois, United States
The Fernwood Park Race Riot was a race riot instigated by white residents against African American residents who inhabited the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) veterans' housing project in the Fernwood Park neighborhood in Chicago. Area residents viewed this as one of several attempts by the CHA to initiate racial integration into white communities.
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