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The Red Summer
Turning Points in History, 2024
Image Courtesy of History Nebraska
In the early 1900s, legal and social inequalities escalated racial tension across the U.S., triggering over 27 race riots in the summer of 1919. This became known as the Red Summer, a turning point in racial violence, influencing the Great Migration, The Civil Rights Movement, and racial discrimination in housing which is still prevalent in cities today.
Washington D.C. Race Riot, Courtesy of MPD Police Memorial and Museum
A victim is stoned and bludgeoned during the race riots in Chicago, Courtesy of the Associated Press
Cover of a Pro-Labor Pamphlet Issued During the Red Summer, Courtesy of Harrison George