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Knoxville Riot of 1919

31 Aug 1919 · 35.96° N, 83.92° W

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When
31 Aug 1919
Kind
Riot
Coordinates
35.96° N, 83.92° W
Description
August 1919 racial tensions in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Placed at the town its description names, Knoxville.

Knoxville riot of 1919

August 1919 mass racial violence, United States

The Knoxville riot of 1919 was a race riot that took place in the American city of Knoxville, Tennessee, on August 30–31, 1919. The riot began when a lynch mob stormed the county jail in search of Maurice Mays, a biracial man who had been accused of murdering a white woman. Unable to find Mays, the rioters looted the jail and fought a pitched gun battle with the residents of a predominantly black neighborhood.

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