Race riots in Chicago

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.3: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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Race
Riots and violent protests

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Date of occurrence 1919-07-31

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United States (Location)

The Chicago Race Riots were the most severe of twenty five riots that took place during the Red Summer following the First World War. Racial frictions in Chicago had been intensified by African American migration to the North, overcrowding, growing militancy among black war veterans, and competition for industrial work. Horrific incidents in these riots jolted the American public out of indifference. President Wilson named the white race as the aggressor in the riots, and greater efforts were made to achieve racial harmony, both socially and legislatively.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Race riots in Chicago". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2010 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=12707, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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