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1920’s Race Riots. Chicago 1919 Part of the “Red Summer” (bloody) 25 Race Riots Chicago one of the worst 13 days of violence 38 dead (23 blacks, 15 whites),

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1 1920’s Race Riots

2 Chicago 1919 Part of the “Red Summer” (bloody) 25 Race Riots Chicago one of the worst 13 days of violence 38 dead (23 blacks, 15 whites), 537 injured & 1,000 black families homeless

3 Re-emergence of the KKK African American success The Great Migration Inadequate housing Lynching – no laws against it Ability to fight for rights Injustice & oppression

4 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma 10,000 African American Residents 2 nd Largest African American Community Over 1,000 businesses and homes destroyed 50-300 people killed No arrests No justice

5 1921 Tulsa Race Riot

6 1923 Rosewood, Florida White mob totally wiped out entire town Survivors were shipped out on a train 1993 Florida became the first state to compensate the survivors 1997 Movie 2004 Rosewood designed Heritage Site Video: www.virtualrosewood.comwww.virtualrosewood.com

7 1993 Florida became the first state to compensate survivors of race riots 1997 Movie 2004 Rosewood - Heritage Site Video: www.virtualrosewood.comwww.virtualrosewood.com 2005 U.S. Congress formally apologized Lack of Federal Government response No anti-lynching laws No justice for race riot victims


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