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dec 28, 1918 - 1919: Illinois riot [SOCIAL]

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40 black workers killed in a riot because they had taken jobs in a a factory with a government contract and in the south, the sight of AAs in unofirm cause outrage in places and several were hanged or burned alive still wearing their army uniforms.

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Date:

dec 28, 1918
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~ 107 years ago