23 ore 56 min, 26 lugl 1919 anni - JULY 27 , 1919 CHICAGO RACE RIOTS BEGIN

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Chicago race riot of 1919
Date July 27 – August 3, 1919
Chicago, Illinois,
Deaths - 38
Red Summer
The Chicago race riot of 1919 was a major racial conflict of violence committed by ethnic white Americans against black Americans that began in Chicago, Illinois, on July 27, 1919, and ended on August 3. During the riot, thirty-eight people died (23 black and 15 white) and over five hundred were injured. It is considered the worst of the approximately 25 riots during the Red Summer, so named because of the violence and fatalities across the nation. The combination of prolonged arson, looting, and murder made it the worst race riot in the history of Illinois.

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