Thursday, February 21, 2019

2.4 - Urban Race Riots

A destroyed building from the aftermath of a race riot
A black man being taken out of a bus during a race riot
A car being pushed over in one of the race riots
The burned corpse of Will Brown after being burned by a white mob at the Omaha Race Riot
A destroyed house after a race riot
A burned down building after a race riot


Sources:

Henretta, America's History: For the AP Course, 9th Edition This is the textbook source, and is where I got my general background knowledge of race riots and what was happening in the US at the time.
History.com: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 This source is where I found most of my information about the specific race riot that occurred in Chicago, as well as some other information surrounding the riots that year of 1919.
Encyclopedia Britannica: Chicago Race Riot of 1919 This source is where I found supplemental information on the Chicago Race Riot.
Yale University: Walter White: The Causes of the Chicago Race Riot This source gave a primary source in the form of Walter White's account of the factors that led up to and caused the race riot in Chicago, as well as the similarities and patterns between race riots all over the nation.
Chicago Tribune: 'Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America' by Cameron McWhirter This source tells the events and factors that caused the riots in the Red Summer of 1919, while using information from another journalist, Cameron McWhirter.
Chicago Tribune: The 1919 Race Riots This source gave a summary and some statistics about what the riots in 1919 were like.