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Monument Project: Chicago Race Riot, 1919

Chicago Race Riot

Articles from the Chicago Tribune
August 27 - September 30, 1919
Cook County Coroner's Report Regarding the 1919 Chicago Race Riots (1920)
Chicago Race Riot of 1919: "Two Drowned in Chicago Race Riot" (The Washington Times, July 28, 1919)
Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot
Report on the 1919 riot, published in 1920
The Millennium
Comic from the Black newspaper, the Chicago Defender from January 17, 1920
Taylor, G. (August 2, 1919). All hicago Challenged by Race Riots. Chicago Daily News.
“City Problems,” Chicago Daily Tribune (July 29, 1919)
Comic published during the riots.
“A Call from Dixie,” Chicago Daily Tribune (August 4, 1919).
Comic printed during the riots.
"This Boy's Death Caused Race Riot." Chciago Defender. August 30, 1919
The Chicago Defender is a prominent Black newspaper.

The Chicago Riot, from the Chicago Defender, August 2, Page 1 (1919)
The Chicago Defender is a prominent Black newspaper.